SummaryStrike 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 dist... Read More
Directed By:Volker Schlöndorff
Written By:Maciej Karpinski, Sylke Rene Meyer, Andreas Pflüger
Strike
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Despite the grim Cold War environment, Schlöndorff blends, mostly successfully, goofiness and melodrama into the overall social realist tone.
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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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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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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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If Thalbach's fiery performance is the heart of Strike, her costar is the vast and impressive Gdansk shipyard itself.
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It's all a lot closer to melodrama than drama, but Thalbach is a dynamo.
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The script plays fast and loose with the facts and adds soap-operaish touches, but Thalbach is a feisty delight.
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