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Strike

EMAILPRINTLaemmle/Zeller Films / Red Envelope Entertainment

Strike reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama  |  Foreign

Written by: Andreas Pflüger
Sylke Rene Meyer (biography)

Directed by: Volker Schlöndorff

Release Date:
Theatrical: June 15, 2007

Running Time: 104 minutes, B/W / Color

Origin: Germany / Poland

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Katharina Thalbach, Andrzej Chyra, Dominique Horwitz, Andrzej Grabowski, Dariusz Kowalski, Krzysztof Kiersznowski, Ewa Telega, and Wojciech Pszoniak

Strike is based on the true story of a remarkable and little known figure who was integral in beginning the Solidarity movement and setting Poland on the course to democracy. It is a touching tribute to a true overlooked hero, a woman who undergoes an important awakening – the realization of an ordinary person who simply looks around her and distinguishes right from wrong. (Laemmle/Zeller Films)

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80

Village Voice Julia Wallace

This is Iron Curtain porn at its most shameless--a rousing industrial rock song plays in the background every time Schlöndorff wants to invoke the Spirit of Labor--but Thalbach's Agnieszka is irresistible.

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80

The New York Times A.O. Scott

Schlöndorff calls the film "a ballad inspired by true events," and its occasional bouts of clumsiness and sentimentality are inseparable from its power.

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80

Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

Despite the grim Cold War environment, Schlöndorff blends, mostly successfully, goofiness and melodrama into the overall social realist tone.

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75

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

The dubbing from German to Polish is off-putting, but it is Schlondorff's best film since his classic "The Tin Drum."

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75

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Thalbach's passionate performance is the film's center, but she's aided by a strong supporting cast, Jarre's propulsive score and the gritty locations: It was shot at the very shipyard where real-life history was made.

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70

Variety Eddie Cockrell

Continuing the late-career renaissance of historically urgent, politically engaged fiction filmmaking that began with 1999's "The Legend of Rita" and 2004's "The Ninth Day" German vet Volker Schloendorff stumbles slightly, but doesn't fall, with Poland-set Solidarity saga Strike.

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70

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

If Thalbach's fiery performance is the heart of Strike, her costar is the vast and impressive Gdansk shipyard itself.

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67

Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer

It's all a lot closer to melodrama than drama, but Thalbach is a dynamo.

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63

New York Post V.A. Musetto

The script plays fast and loose with the facts and adds soap-operaish touches, but Thalbach is a feisty delight.

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What Our Users Said

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