Rent Strike (1925)
3.9 of 5 from 76 ratings
1h 27min
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- Synopsis:
- Taking an historical event from 1912, Eisenstein marries the new Soviet propaganda ideals of the heroic worker with his own theories of avant garde art. Following the suicide of a sacked factory worker, his colleagues hold a peaceful strike, but their bosses retaliate with savage force. Capturing the brutality with power and immediacy, Eisenstein's visuals move from the slaughter of cattle to the butchery of the Cossack army, simultaneously inventing and breaking cinematic rules.
- Actors:
- Maxim Shtraukh, Anatoli Kuznetsov, Grigori Alexandrov, M. Mamin, I. Ivanov, Boris Yurtsev, I. Kluvkin, Vladimir Uralsky, Vera Yanukova, Mikhail Gomarov
- Directors:
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Aka:
- Stachka
- Studio:
- Thames
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- A History of Soviet Silent Cinema, Pig Power: Animal Farm At 70, The Last Laugh: The Film That Changed Cinema, Top 10 Best Last Films: World Cinema, Top 10 Films of 1948
- Countries:
- Russia
