Hand-Picked Alternatives Movies That Echo the Spirit of Strejken: C...

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Helga is a young single lady who has a baby by a much older married man. After the older man tells Helga's father that he refuses to pay child support because he isn't the child's father, her father insists that Helga take him to court. On court day, just as the older married man is about to swear on the Bible that he is not the father of Helga's child, Helga suddenly tells the court that she's dropping the case because although the man did father her child, she doesn't want him to commit perjury, which is not only a serious crime but a mortal sin as well.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Kiss of Death perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dr Monro is found dead in his home. Three people are testifying before the police about what happened.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Maria lives alone with her alcoholic father in a small cabin in the woods.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Saints and Sorrows perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on Terje's beneficence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Therèse is a young woman who has married an older man to be able to live a wealthier life.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of A Man There Was perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Lill-Ingmar is having a troublesome love life with his bride to be Brita.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

The action takes place at a seaside resort. The artist Armand, the widow Gaspard and her daughter Estelle, as well as the disguised abbot Prevost, trying to get Armand to go to the monastery.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Therese perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Helder is a happy family man, but one day his wife receives a letter from her brother Albert, who managed to escape from prison.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

The old friends Otto Berner and Charles Von Barton stands on separate sides in a political conflict.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Ejvind and his family are in need of food. So Ejvind seeks help from the rich priest next door. He refuses to help. Ejvind then steals a sheep from the priest, he is caught. But he escapes from prison, and becomes an outlaw.