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Strike

192582 minSoviet Union
Drama

Synopsis

Suspicion and anger spread through a factory after a worker is falsely accused of theft. A walkout briefly gives the workforce a sense of collective strength, but hunger, surveillance and pressure from management test their unity. Eisenstein presents the conflict through the group rather than a single hero, building toward a violent confrontation.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian.
This copy runs
88:45
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No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Sergei Eisenstein · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsSergei Eisenstein

Historical context

Eisenstein's first feature grew from his work in experimental theatre and a proposed cycle about the revolutionary movement. It presents labour conflict from an openly pro-revolutionary perspective.

Behind the scenes

The editing connects people, objects and animal imagery to sharpen the conflict. Its famous climactic cross-cutting treats the juxtaposition of images as an argument, not simply as a way to follow simultaneous action.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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  • Grigori Aleksandrov — Grigory Aleksanodrov; https://24smi.org/public/media/resize/660x-/celebrity/2018/05/15/r8nes3qocvfp-grigorii-aleksandrov-v-molodosti.jpg · Public domain

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