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Streik! (1975)

Streik! poster
Directed by
Oddvar Bull Tuhus
Genre
docudrama
Country
Norway
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
6
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a film about a labor strike in Norway in 1970. It shows the events from the perspective of the workers involved.

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What happens

Streik! is a Norwegian docudrama from 1975, directed by Oddvar Bull Tuhus. The film is loosely based on Tor Obrestad's novel Sauda! Strike!, which is about the Sauda strike in 1970. It was the result of a collaboration between Marcusfilm and NRK's Television Theater. The film shows the event from the workers' point of view. It was staged in cinemas first, and then shown on NRK. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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