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Writers:
Grigori Aleksandrov (writer)
Sergei M. Eisenstein (writer)
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Release Date:
28 April 1925 (Soviet Union) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
In Russia's factory region during Czarist rule, there's restlessness and strike planning among workers; management brings in spies and external agents... more | add synopsis
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Such a great made movie! more (21 total)

Cast

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Maksim Shtraukh ... Police Spy
Grigori Aleksandrov ... Factory Foreman
Mikhail Gomorov ... Worker
I. Ivanov ... Chief of Police
Ivan Klyukvin ... Revolutionary
Aleksandr Antonov ... Member of Strike Committee
Yudif Glizer ... Queen of Thieves
Anatoli Kuznetsov
Vera Yanukova
Vladimir Uralsky (as V. Uralsky)
M. Mamin
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Boris Yurtsev ... King of Thieves
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Стачка (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Gapitsva (Soviet Union: Georgian title)
Strike
La grève (Belgium: French title) (Canada: French title) [fr]
La huelga (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
A Greve (Portugal) [pt]
Grev (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
I apergia (Greece) [el]
Lakko (Finland) [fi]
Sciopero (Italy) [it]
Strajk (Poland) [pl]
Streik (Germany) [de]
Strejke (Denmark) [da]
Strejken (Sweden) [sv]
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Runtime:
82 min | Spain:81 min | UK:95 min | Spain:94 min (DVD special edition)
Country:
Soviet Union
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Company:
Goskino more

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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Such a great made movie!, 28 July 2007
9/10
Author: Boba_Fett1138 from Groningen, The Netherlands

This is an impressive looking piece of Communists propaganda, that glorify the common worker, from Russian movie-making pioneer Sergei M. Eisenstein.

It's one of Eisenstein's first movies, which also means that he was experimenting a lot in the movie, with many different compositions and with fantastic fast editing that give the movie pace and make the sequences more exciting. Some of the sequences are highly creative and artistic looking, with great cinematography and camera-angels. It makes "Stachka" real eye-candy to watch. It's a real innovative movie and by watching it you realize that there was a real craftsman at work. It's an absolutely brilliantly directed movie!

Of course if you're looking for a movie with a good story and compelling characters, look further. The movie itself is pretty simple with its story and uses deliciously stereotypical characters, such as the capitalistic, fat, cigar smoking and drinking factory owners. The movie uses so many stereotypes that the movie intentionally also works out as an humorous movie. It's very welcome, since the movie in general in its story is very serious and tries to send out a message.

The story is perhaps easier to follow than in most other Eisenstein movies. It's a very simple story that on paper sounds to weak and uninteresting to fill a 90+ movie with. Yet the movie never bores and always remains interesting and 'enjoyable' to follow, also not in the least thanks to the rapid editing that makes sure none of the sequences go on for too long and allow the sequences to speak for itself, rather then relying on the actors their performances or title-cards.

An essential viewing for movie-lovers!

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