Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He spurns her advances and flees, and she puts out a warrant for his arrest, dead or alive. Vladimir learns that his father’s lands have been taken by the evil Kyrilla Troekouroff, and his father dies. He dons a black mask, and becomes the outlaw The Black Eagle. He enters the Troekouroff household disguised as a French instructor for Kyrilla’s daughter Mascha. He is after vengeance, but instead falls in love with Mascha.
Alternative titles: El águila negra | El águila solitaria | Der Adler | De zwarte arend | L’aigle noir | O Águia | Ørnen | Kotka | O mavros aetos | Ο αητός | Ο μαύρος αετός | Ροδόλφος Βαλεντίνο | A fekete sas | Aquila nera | Arawashi | 荒鷲 | De adelaar | Orzeł | A Águia Negra | Vulturul negru | Orao | Орел | Svarta örnen | The Black Eagle | The Lone Eagle | The Untamed