Strike | DRAMA | by Sergei Eisenstein

★ Gold medal for Sergei Eisenstein at the 1925 Paris International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts

Workers at a huge Russian factory walk out after a colleague, falsely accused of stealing a tool, kills himself, and the owners answer with spies, provocateurs and finally cavalry. Eisenstein's first feature puts no hero at the centre: the crowd is the character and the cutting does the arguing.

Why it's free: Free on Mosfilm's own channel; Mosfilm restored the film and publishes the Soviet library it holds the rights to.