''Streik!'' is a
Norwegian docudrama
Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television and film, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. It is described as a hybrid of documentary and drama and "a fact-based representation of real event".
Docudramas typic ...
from 1975, directed by
Oddvar Bull Tuhus
Oddvar Bull Tuhus (born 14 December 1940) is a Norwegian film director, script writer and television worker. His film debut was ''Rødblått paradis'' from 1971. His ''Maria Marusjka'' from 1973 was awarded the Norwegian Film Critics' Prize. His ...
.
The film is loosely based on
Tor Obrestad
Tor Obrestad (12 February 1938 – 25 January 2020) was a Norwegian novelist, poet and documentary writer.
Early and personal life
Obrestad was born in Hå on 12 February 1938. His parents were farmer Jon R. Obrestad and Sophie Riise.
He studie ...
's novel ''Sauda! Strike!'', which is about the
Sauda strike in 1970. It was the result of a collaboration between Marcusfilm and
NRK
NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting Aksjeselskap, AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and ...
's
Television Theater. The film shows the event from the workers' point of view.
It was staged in cinemas first, and then shown on NRK.
Cast
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Kjell Stormoen as Kåre Sæther
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Kolbjørn Brenda
Kolbjørn Brenda (March 9, 1914 – January 15, 1988) was a Norwegian actor.
Brenda debuted in 1936 at the Søilen Theater in Oslo and was engaged there until 1939. He performed for eight years at the Falkberget Theater and two years at the R ...
as Knut Martinsen
* Olav Ekholt as Ingolf Gran
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Bjarne Andersen
Bjarne Andersen (15 January 1909 – 13 August 1982) was a Norwegian actor, stage producer and theatre director.
Personal life
Andersen was born in Stavanger to Emil Laurentzius Andersen and Ingeborg Bertine Osmondsdatter Udvig. He married ...
as Petter Åslund
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Eilif Armand
Eilif Armand (18 March 1921 – 28 November 1993) was a Norwegian actor.
He was born in Bergen to businessman Sverre Andreassen and Maggi Sørensen, and was the father of actresses Frøydis Armand, Gisken Armand and Merete Armand. He made his ...
as Bjørn Ruud
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Ragnar Baartvedt as the interviewer
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Halvor Elvik
Halvor is a name of Norwegian origin. It is a contemporary form of Halvard (Hallvard). From Old Norse hallr (“flat stone”) and vorðr (“guardian”).
People
First name
* Halvor Birch (born 1885), Danish gymnast
* Halvor Birkeland (born ...
as a journalist
* Torgeir Fonnlid as Jens Torgeirson
* Gunnar Garstad as Fjeldstad
* Idar Grøtte as Ole Larsen
* Odd Grøtte as Pedersen
* Berit Guggedal as Mrs. Olsen
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Marit Halset
Marit Halset (May 18, 1912 – March 22, 1986) was a Norwegian actress. She performed roles in theater, radio theater, and film.
Halset was engaged with the National Theater in Oslo from 1933 to 1948. She debuted as the young girl Hazel Niles ...
as Mrs. Gran
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Veslemøy Haslund Veslemøy Haslund (8 April 1939 – 7 November 2005) was a Norwegian actress and stage producer. She was born in Oslo. She made her stage debut at Trøndelag Teater in 1959. She was later assigned to various theatres, including Det Norske Teatre ...
as Brit Fjeld
* Anders Haukeland as Jens Hauge
* Reidun Hjelle as a journalist
* Frank Iversen as Øystein
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Rolf Johansen as Sven Karlsen
* Randi Koch as Eva
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Thor Inge Kristiansen as Svein Hamre
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Ragnhild Michelsen as Johanne Åslund
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Alf Nordvang
Alf Nordvang (15 December 1931 – 11 June 2007) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director.
He was born in Bærum. He made his stage debut at Det Norske Teatret in 1954, was hired at Falkbergets Teater in the same year and Rogaland Teater
...
as Johannes Dalen
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Erik Øksnes
Erik Øksnes (November 14, 1930 – June 15, 1998) was a Norwegian actor whose main work was on the stage.
Øksnes made his stage debut in 1954 as Amos in Arthur Miller's ''The Man Who Had All the Luck'' (Norwegian title: ''Mannen som hadde l ...
as Olav Olsen
* Lars Paulsen as Næss
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Kjell Pettersen as Jan Fjeld
* Einar Ringstrand as Alf Gundersen
* Jan Ringstrand as Anton
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