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Down with autocracy! Long live the democratic republic! - Strike
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Title: Strike

Release Date: 28 Apr 1925

Runtime: 1h 29m

Genre: Drama

Director: Proletkult, Gosfilmfond Russia

Production Companies: Proletkult, Gosfilmfond Russia

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

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.3 (215 votes)

Cast

  • Police Spy: Maksim Shtraukh
  • Factory Foreman: Grigori Aleksandrov
  • Worker: Mikhail Gomorov
  • Revolutionary: Ivan Klyukvin
  • Member of Strike Committee: Aleksandr Antonov
  • : Vladimir Uralskiy
  • : Anatoliy Kuznetsov
  • Chief of Police: I. Ivanov
  • Queen of Thieves: Yudif Glizer
  • : Vera Yanukova
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