The Strike (1914 film)
1914 film
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The Strike (Swedish: Strejken) is a 1914 Swedish silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström.[1][2] The film was noted for exemplifying the director's "strong sense of realism (...) for some scenes were shot during a real strike".[3]
Victor Sjöström
| The Strike | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Victor Sjöström |
| Written by | Adolf Österberg Victor Sjöström |
| Starring | Victor Sjöström |
| Cinematography | Julius Jaenzon |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Languages | Silent Swedish intertitles |
The film is considered to be lost.[4]
Cast
- Victor Sjöström as Karl Bernsson / Gustav Bernsson
- Lilly Jacobson as Gurli Hagberg
- John Ekman as Boberg
- Carl Borin
- Ernst Eklund
- Alfred Lundberg as Charles Hagberg
- Richard Lund
Reception
In an article for the Swedish Film Database, Bengt Forslund wrote: "One of the many lost films is particularly interesting, however, Strejken, Socialt skådespel in 3 aktres, (1915). The subject itself must have been a hotbed, especially as the First World War broke out in the summer of 1914, which required solidarity from everyone, not a strike. The film also sat dormant for over a year before it was released and was only reviewed in the form of a notice. “The subject is tiring in these times,” Stockholms-Tidningen laconically stated.
The script certainly has several melodramatic elements, but the core of the story is a real strike at a factory."[5]
