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Strike
Strike

Strike

Down with autocracy! Long live the democratic republic!

Genres

Drama

OverView

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

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

7.366/10

Release Date

28 April 1925

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Maksim Shtraukh

Maksim Shtraukh

Police Spy

Grigori Aleksandrov

Grigori Aleksandrov

Factory Foreman

Mikhail Gomorov

Mikhail Gomorov

Worker

Ivan Klyukvin

Ivan Klyukvin

Revolutionary

Aleksandr Antonov

Aleksandr Antonov

Member of Strike Committee

Vladimir Uralskiy

Vladimir Uralskiy

Anatoliy Kuznetsov

Anatoliy Kuznetsov

I. Ivanov

I. Ivanov

Chief of Police

Yudif Glizer

Yudif Glizer

Queen of Thieves

Vera Yanukova

Vera Yanukova

M. Mamin

M. Mamin

Boris Yurtsev

Boris Yurtsev

King of Thieves

Danylo Antonovych

Danylo Antonovych

Worker (uncredited)

Pavel Poltoratskiy

Pavel Poltoratskiy

Manufacturer

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