The Strike (1904)

Original title

La Grève

Directed by

Ferdinand Zecca

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

5 min

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

Factory workers go on strike. The gendarmerie violently breaks up the protest.

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What happens

The Strike (French: La Grève) is a 1904 French silent short film directed by Ferdinand Zecca and distributed in France by Pathé Frères. The film depicts a strike in a factory violently repressed by the Gendarmerie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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