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Strike (1925)

Poster for Strike

Down with autocracy! Long live the democratic republic!

Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.

Cast & Crew

Director
Sergei Eisenstein
  • Profile picture of Maksim Shtraukh
    Police Spy Maksim Shtraukh
  • Profile picture of Grigori Aleksandrov
    Factory Foreman Grigori Aleksandrov
  • Profile picture of Ivan Klyukvin
    Revolutionary Ivan Klyukvin
  • Profile picture of Aleksandr Antonov
    Member of Strike Committee Aleksandr Antonov
  • Profile picture of Vladimir Uralskiy
    Vladimir Uralskiy
  • Profile picture of Anatoliy Kuznetsov
    Anatoliy Kuznetsov
  • Profile picture of Danylo Antonovych
    Worker (uncredited) Danylo Antonovych

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