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Bitter Harvest
Bitter Harvest

Bitter Harvest

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WarDramaHistoryRomance

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Set between the two World Wars and based on true historical events, Bitter Harvest conveys the untold story of the Holodomor, the genocidal famine engineered by the tyrant Joseph Stalin. The film displays a powerful tale of love, honour, rebellion and survival at a time when Ukraine was forced to adjust to the horrifying territorial ambitions of the burgeoning Soviet Union.

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Budget

$20000000

Revenue

$557241

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

103 mins

Rating

5.9/10

Release Date

31 January 2017

Country

Canada

Cast

Max Irons

Max Irons

Yuri

Samantha Barks

Samantha Barks

Natalka

Terence Stamp

Terence Stamp

Ivan

Barry Pepper

Barry Pepper

Yaroslav

Tamer Hassan

Tamer Hassan

Sergei

Aneurin Barnard

Aneurin Barnard

Mykola

Anastasiya Ostreinova

Anastasiya Ostreinova

Mykola's Girlfriend

Tom Austen

Tom Austen

Taras

Richard Brake

Richard Brake

Medved

William Beck

William Beck

Stefan

Lucy Brown

Lucy Brown

Olena

Nicholas Aaron

Nicholas Aaron

Walter Duranty

Edward Akrout

Edward Akrout

Professor Temchuck

Gary Oliver

Gary Oliver

Stalin

Jack Hollington

Jack Hollington

Lubko

Richard Ashton

Richard Ashton

Father Ostapovich

Paul Hickey

Paul Hickey

Lazar Kaganovich

Michael Jenn

Michael Jenn

Professor Malishnikov

Rod Hunt

Rod Hunt

Anton

Malcolm Freeman

Malcolm Freeman

Molotov

Joey Price

Joey Price

Isak

Kevin Hudson

Kevin Hudson

Peasant

Kathy Kiera Clarke

Kathy Kiera Clarke

Varvara

Adam McNamara

Adam McNamara

Dmitri

David G. Robinson

David G. Robinson

Stalin's Bodyguard

Jocasta Anderson

Jocasta Anderson

Helen

Tim Charles

Tim Charles

Gregory Zinoviev

Rob Mitchell-James

Rob Mitchell-James

Nikolai Bukharin

Kane Ogieva

Kane Ogieva

Willard

Ostap Stupka

Ostap Stupka

Boiko

Dennis Good

Dennis Good

Voice over

Dominic Borrelli

Dominic Borrelli

Andrei Zhdanov

Jane Thorne

Jane Thorne

Gaunt Old Woman

Marat Khairoullin

Marat Khairoullin

Revolutionary Pesant

Ryan Bromham

Ryan Bromham

Yuri

Tracy Kirby

Tracy Kirby

Senia

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