1903. In Russia’s factory region during Czarist rule, there’s restlessness and strike planning among workers; management brings in spies and external agents. When a worker hangs himself after being falsely accused of thievery, the workers strike.

The debut by Soviet film titan and one of the most influential filmmakers in cinema history, Sergei Eistenstein. Vivid, viscous, invigorating and utterly scathing in its critique of capitalism and the tribulations of striking workers, the film immediately declares itself the work of a visionary.