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Strike

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Original title

Stachka (Strike)

Year

1925

Running time

94 min.

Country

Soviet Union (USSR)

Director

Sergei M. Eisenstein

Screenwriter

Sergei M. Eisenstein, Valerian Pletnev, Ilya Kravchunovsky, Grigori Aleksandrov

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Cinematography

Eduard Tissé (B&W)

Producer

Proletkult Production, Goskino

Genre

Drama | Politics. Social Drama. Silent Film. Propaganda

Synopsis

In Russia's factory region during Czarist rule, there's restlessness and strike planning among workers; management brings in spies and external agents. When a worker hangs himself after being falsely accused of thievery, the workers strike. At first, there's excitement in workers' households and in public places as they develop their demands communally. Then, as the strike drags on and management rejects demands, hunger mounts, as does domestic and civic distress. Provocateurs recruited from the lumpen and in league with the police and the fire department bring problems to the workers; the spies do their dirty work; and, the military arrives to liquidate strikers.

Rankings Position

#16 Best Russian Movies of all time
#40 Best Silent Movies of all time

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