The Strike (1914 film)
| 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 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]
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]
References
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Strike". Silent Era. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ^ Cinquegrani, Maurizio (1 January 2006), "Thinking Silent Cinema and Philology: The Case of Victor Sjöström's The Strike", North-West Passage: Yearly Review of the Centre for Northern Performing Arts Studies, Turin University Press, pp. 105–128, retrieved 26 September 2025
- ^ "Sjöström, Victor David (1879–1960) - Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism". www.rem.routledge.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ^ "Strejken : Socialt skådespel i 3 akter (1915) - SFdb". Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ^ "Arbetets söner – och döttrar - SFdb" (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
External links
- The Strike at IMDb