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Strike (dir. Serge Eisenstein, 1925)
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1.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Bluray cover for Sergei Eisenstein "Strike" (released 1925)

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2.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Capitalist (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 00:37)

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3.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Silhouette of cap-wearing and pipe-smoking worker (Eisenstein "Strike", 00:52)

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4.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Silhouette of workers (Eisenstein "Strike", 00:56)

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5.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Reflection of factory chimneys and power lines in puddle (Eisenstein "Strike", 01:05)

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6.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Reflection of factory chimneys and power lines in puddle (Eisenstein "Strike", 01:12)

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7.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Back view of three workers looking at a vast rotating flywheel (Eisenstein "Strike", 01:38)

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8.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Activist workers viewed from below (Eisenstein "Strike", 01:55)

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9.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Capitalist with two telephones (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 03:49)

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10.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Mugshots of "private operatives" - Tzarist police spies (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 04:36)

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11.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
"Private operatives" - The Fox - Tzarist police spy in his room with portraits fixed to the wall (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 05:36)

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12.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Factory activist (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 09:13)

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13.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Factory activists meets amidst an immense pile of train wheels (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 09:33)

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14.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
"The Owl" a Tzarist police spy flees from activist workers (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 11:13)

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15.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Underground press printing the call to strike (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 14:58)

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16.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Still life of calipers and a micrometer - the theft of the micrometer is the reason for the strike (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 16:12)

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The micrometer which is stolen costs 25 rubles (three weeks' work in Tzarist Russia of 1903 when the strike is set. The worker reports the theft and is accused of being a thief and hangs himself because of the shame. The hanging is another worker injustice provoking the strike.
 
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17.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Worker falsely accused of being a thief (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 17:36)

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18.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Drive belts in factory (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 18:27)

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19.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
The feet of a worker who has hung himself because of the stigma of a false accusation of the theft of a micrometer(Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 18:45)

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20.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
The factury whistle blows as a call to stop work and strike (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 22:44)

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21.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
The hat of a factory supervisor after he has been thrown by striking workers into a fetid pool (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 28:55)

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22.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Three striking workers are double exposed over a flywheel as the factory stops (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 30:07)

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23.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Capitalist factory owner stessed by his closed factory (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 34:05)

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Similarities with the portraits of Lisette Model can be seen in this frame.
 
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24.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Capitalist factory owner walking through paper-strewn hallway (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 35:51)

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25.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Searching for subversives (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 48:07)

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26.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Workers see a Tzarist police spy through a glass globe (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 48:56)

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27.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Owl, a Tzarist police spy, uses a camera concealed in a watch to obtain evidence to incriminate a worker (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 52:11)

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28.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Owl, a Tzarist police spy, in his darkroom develops film taken by a concealed cameras showing evidence of worker activity (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 52:33)

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29.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Owl, a Tzarist police spy, in his darkroom checks developed film taken by a concealed cameras showing evidence of worker activity (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 52:33)

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30.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
A negative showing evidence of striker activity on a film taken by Owl a Tzarist police spy (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 52:56)

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31.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Tzarist police officer views a photograph taken by a concealed camera that shows evidence of strike activity (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 53:42)

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32.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Overflowing champagne glass of decadent capitalist (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 56:51)

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33.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Bribed and blackmailed striker is shown photographic evidence of his crime by Tzarist police officer (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 57:52)

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34.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Bribed and blackmailed striker is shown mugshots of an activist leader taken by Tzarist police (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 58:11)

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35.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Profile and front-on mugshot of an activist worker leader (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 58:19)

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36.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
"The King", an underworld leader of villains, is hired by Tzarist police to do their dirty work by inciting damage and rebellion (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:00:33)

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37.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
"The King", an underworld leader of villains, cleans himself up and spits water over his servant dwarf (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:01:01)

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38.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
"The King", an underworld leader of villains, cleans himself up and spits water over his servant dwarf (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:01:04)

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39.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
The rabble of "The King", an underworld villain bribed by Tzarist police, set out to provoke mischief against the striking workers (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:04:25)

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40.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Firemen turn their hoses on to the striking workers (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:12:32)

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41.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Firemen turn their hoses on to the striking workers (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:13:14)

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42.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Striking workers are drenched by fire hoses (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:14:27)

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43.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
The child of a striker walks under the horses of Tzarist troops (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:18:07)

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44.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Multiple exposure of Tzarist cavalry from above (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:21:04)

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45.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Tzarist cavalry chase striking workers through the apartment buildings, a striking worker trys to hang-on and fails (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:23:39)

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46.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Women are chased by Tzarist cavalry through the worker apartment buildings (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:24:26)

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47.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
A Tzarist cavalryman drops a child from an apartment building (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:24:59)

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48.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
A Tzarist police spy (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:26:23)

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49.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
The raised hands of striking workers (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:27:18)

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50.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
The slaughtered strikers and their families (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:28:10)

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The slaughter of the strikers is intercut with footage from an abattoir showing a dying pole axed cow.
 
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51.Sergei Eisenstein (director)
1925
Accusing eyes challenge the audience at the end of the film (Film still from Eisenstein "Strike", 1:28:35)

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