Strike (1925)
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| German title | strike |
| Original title | Стачка Statschka |
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| Country of production | USSR |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 1925 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Sergei Michailowitsch Eisenstein |
| script | Grigori Alexandrow, Sergei Eisenstein, Ilya Kravchunovsky, Valerian Pletnjow |
| production | Boris Michin |
| camera | Wassili Chwatow, Vladimir Popow, Eduard Tisse |
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Strike ( Russian original title Стачка ) is a silent film by director Sergei Eisenstein from 1925 . It is Eisenstein's first lengthy film, and his most famous work, Battleship Potemkin , was shot that same year . As the film title suggests, it's about a labor dispute that is ultimately put down.
action
The action takes place in the times of the tsars . At the beginning, the unrest among the workers in a factory in the face of low wages and poor working conditions is described. The factory management tries to keep the situation under control by smuggling spies and agents into the ranks of the workers. After a worker accused of theft hangs himself, the labor dispute breaks out . The film captures the enthusiasm of the workers who are happy to finally be able to act and are now making their demands. The factory management remains tough, however, so that the workers are threatened with hunger. The internal unity of the strikers is also endangered by provocateurs. In the end, at the request of the factory management, the military is put on the march and bloodily suppresses the strike.
Reviews and analysis
On strike, Eisenstein implemented his previously theoretically presented concept of attraction assembly. Like the battleship Potemkin , this film does not have a central hero. He sticks to the worldview of the communist leadership, but finds his own expressive and expressionistic imagery. The film is later overshadowed by the overwhelming success of the Battleship Potemkin , but Strike is also considered a masterpiece in its own right. After the television premiere on ZDF on October 20, 1967 - 42 years after the world premiere - the Protestant film observer said: “Sergej M. Eisenstein's first feature film is characterized by revolutionary vigor, bold attitudes and the aim of conveying ideas and insights Assembling the collision. Although the film has not yet achieved the stylistic unity of the Battleship Potemkin, it still contains all the elements of the masterpiece. Worth seeing from 16. "
Web links
- Strike in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Strike (stream and download at archive.org. Russian with English subtitles)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association, Munich, Review No. 471/1970.