The Strike (Swedish: Strejken) is a 1914 Swedish silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström. The film was noted for exemplifying the director's "strong sense of realism (...) for some scenes were shot during a real strike".
The film is considered to be lost.
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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."