General Strike 1918

General Strike 1918 Generalstreik 1918 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Movie Poster Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing Switzerland Directed by Daniel von Aarburg Release Date January, 28 2018 Language French German Italian Studio Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) Distributor RSI-Radiotelevisione Svizzera Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) Main Cast Character Actor Robert Grimm Ralph Gassmann Emil Sonderegger Fabian Krüger Felix Calonder Peter Jecklin Jenny Grimm Viola von Scarpatetti August Huggler Jean-Christophe Nigon Heinrich Rothmund Robert Hunger-Bühler Ernst Kamm Aaron Hitz

General Strike 1918 is a 2018 Swiss-produced documentary directed by Daniel von Aarburg. At the end of the First World War, Switzerland shook a nationwide general strike. More than 250,000 workers quit their jobs. The Federal Council fears a violent revolution like the one in Russia and mobilizes the army. The focus is on the then Social Democratic National Councilor Robert Grimm, who led the strike committee. Opposite him are Federal President Felix Calonder, who tried to mediate, and Colonel Emil Sonderegger.

The following weapons were used in the film General Strike 1918:

Luger P08

Oberstdivisionär (Divisional General) Emil Sonderegger (Fabian Krüger) owns a Luger P08 that he gives to his wife Nina (Irina Wrona).

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Model 1906 Swiss Luger - 7.65x21mm Luger

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Nina takes the Luger of her husband.

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She checks the magazine.

Schmidt-Rubin M1911

Swiss soldiers can be seen with Schmidt-Rubin Model 1911 rifles with fixed Dolchbajonett 1899 bayonets in Bern.

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Schmidt-Rubin Infanteriegewehr Modell 1911 - 7.5x55mm Swiss (GP11)

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A soldier (Raphaël Tschudi) on the left with his Schmidt-Rubin. Note the Swiss-made Stahlhelm M18 helmets which are inspired by the German Stahlhelm M16.

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Another soldier on the right stands guard with his rifle.