Strike

1925 · directed by Sergei Eisenstein

Rating
85/100
Hit
yes

Just before the 1905 Bolshevik Revolution, factory workers strike against their oppressive factory bosses. When a worker is accused of stealing a piece of machinery, he commits suicide, and his colleagues revolt against the overarching Czarist regime. As the strike drags on and government officials grow increasingly desperate to end it, their methods of dealing with the rebellious workers become more and more aggressive.

Strike (1925), directed by Sergei Eisenstein, rates 85/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Maksim Shtraukh
  • Grigori Aleksandrov
  • Mikhail Gomorov
  • Ivan Klyukvin
  • Aleksandr Antonov
  • Vladimir Uralskiy
  • Anatoliy Kuznetsov
  • I. Ivanov
  • Yudif Glizer
  • Vera Yanukova

Crew

  • Eduard Tisse — Director of Photography
  • Vasili Khvatov — Director of Photography
  • Vladimir Popov — Director of Photography
  • Sergei Eisenstein — Editor
  • Grigori Aleksandrov — Screenplay
  • Ilya Kravchunovsky — Screenplay
  • Sergei Eisenstein — Screenplay
  • Valerian Pletnev — Screenplay

More from Sergei Eisenstein

  1. Battleship Potemkin (1925) — 86/100 · hit
  2. Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944) — 85/100 · hit
  3. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958) — 85/100 · hit
  4. October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928) — 80/100 · hit
  5. Alexander Nevsky (1938) — 80/100 · hit
  6. ¡Qué Viva México! (1979) — 71/100

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