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Strike

Play trailer Poster for Strike 2007,  1h 51m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 87% 15 Reviews Tomatometer 69% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
87% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Agnieszka Kowalska (Katharina Thalbach) is a barely educated single mother working as a welder in a drab shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. She overcomes adversity and moves her way up through the factory hierarchy, becoming a leader among her coworkers. Despite being fired and then arrested, the determined Agnieszka teams with another disgruntled worker (Andrzej Chyra) to help form a union that will eventually lead to the fall of communism in her country and the rest of Eastern Europe in the 1980s.

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Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times Jun 28, 2007
3.5/5
An inspiring tale of a small woman who stands tall in the face of injustice. Go to Full Review
Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor Jun 28, 2007
B-
It's all a lot closer to melodrama than drama, but Thalbach is a dynamo. Go to Full Review
A.O. Scott New York Times Jun 15, 2007
4.5/5
Rough-hewn and modest, stirring but rarely grandiose. This seems fitting, since part of what made Solidarity so inspiring was its gritty, determined refusal of ideological grandstanding or political melodrama. Go to Full Review
Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Jul 9, 2007
4/5
A cinematic tribute to a genuine working-class hero whose courage and zeal for justice fueled the Solidarity Movement in Poland. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 27, 2007
C+
An unabashedly sentimental, old-fashioned drama of the woman who inspired Poland's Solidarity that by comparison makes the celebration of American working-class heroines--in Norma Rae, Silkwood, North Country--subtle and complex. Go to Full Review
Maria Garcia Film Journal International Jun 25, 2007
Kudos to Schlndorff for celebrating the woman who sacrificed that glory for the greater good--and who continues to fight. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Volker Schlöndorff

Director

Katharina Thalbach

Agnieszka Kowalska

Dominique Horwitz

Kazimierz

Andrzej Chyra

Lech Walesa

Andrzej Grabowski

Sobieski

Wojciech Solarz

Krystian (Child)

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Movie Info

Synopsis Agnieszka Kowalska (Katharina Thalbach) is a barely educated single mother working as a welder in a drab shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. She overcomes adversity and moves her way up through the factory hierarchy, becoming a leader among her coworkers. Despite being fired and then arrested, the determined Agnieszka teams with another disgruntled worker (Andrzej Chyra) to help form a union that will eventually lead to the fall of communism in her country and the rest of Eastern Europe in the 1980s.
Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Producer
Jurgen Haase
Screenwriter
Andreas Pflueger, Sylke Rene Meyer
Genre
Drama
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 15, 2007, Limited
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.9K
Runtime
1h 51m
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