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Strike
Стачка
Directed by Sergei Eisenstein
1925•1h 29m•NR•★ 7.4
Drama / History
Synopsis
Factory workers in pre-revolutionary Tsarist Russia stage an industrial strike after an unjustly accused employee hangs himself, facing ruthless company spies, agent provocateurs, and bloody Cossack cavalry slaughter. Sergei Eisenstein's kinetic, revolutionary debut establishing his collision montage theory.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorSergei Eisenstein
WriterIlya KravchunovskyGrigori AleksandrovSergei EisensteinValerian Pletnev
CinematographyEduard TisseVasili KhvatovVladimir Popov
Principal Cast
Maksim ShtraukhPolice Spy
Grigori AleksandrovFactory Foreman
Ivan KlyukvinRevolutionary
Aleksandr AntonovMember of Strike Committee
Vladimir UralskiyWorker
Anatoliy Kuznetsov
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Mikhail GomorovWorkerII
I. IvanovChief of PoliceTechnical Specifications
Runtime1h 29m (89 mins)
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DirectorSergei Eisenstein
LanguagesRussian
CountrySU
StudioGoskino • Proletkult
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