Strike (1925)
NR 1h 22m Drama
STRIKE ! [The plot is based on 1903 events at a locomotive factory in Tsarist Russia, but the costumes and technology seen are from the 1920s.] An initial title card has a quote from Lenin: At the factory, all is quiet. The word BUT (in Russian) is added, the text then animates and dissolves into images of machinery…
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STRIKE ! [The plot is based on 1903 events at a locomotive factory in Tsarist Russia, but the costumes and technology seen are from the 1920s.] An initial title card has a quote from Lenin: At the factory, all is quiet. The word BUT (in Russian) is added, the text then animates and dissolves into images of machinery in motion. Silhouettes of workers and machinery glide across the screen showing the daily work routine. We see notes and leaflets being posted or passed furtively, and huddles of workers meeting while hiding from suspervisors, in bathrooms and while swimming in the nearby river. The workers are tired of poor wages, long hours, and harsh treatment by their supervisors,.which triggers a restlessness and strike planning among them. A title card reads "discontent is spreading," and next come shots with the stereotypical suited and booted fat director puffing on a cigar. The images illustrate the exploitation of noble hard workers by the lazy cigar-smoking top hatted bourgeoisie. Lower level managers approach a high level police officer with requests for spies, and the officer looks up in files the available spying agents, who have code names of animals according to their…
