Bitter Harvest

Bitter Harvest

103 mins | Drama, Romance, War, History | Jan. 31, 2017

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.

Bitter Harvest

103 mins | Drama, Romance, War, History | Jan. 31, 2017

Bitter Harvest
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.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Devil's Harvest Production, Andamar Entertainment
Original title Bitter Harvest
Directors Cornelia Stefan, George Mendeluk
Writers Richard Bachynsky Hoover, George Mendeluk

Cast

Max Irons

as Yuri

Samantha Barks

as Natalka

Terence Stamp

as Ivan

Barry Pepper

as Yaroslav

Tamer Hassan

as Sergei

Aneurin Barnard

as Mykola

Tom Austen

as Taras

Richard Brake

as Medved

William Beck

as Stefan

Lucy Brown

as Olena

Nicholas Aaron

as Walter Duranty

Edward Akrout

as Professor Temchuck

Gary Oliver

as Stalin

Jack Hollington

as Lubko

Richard Ashton

as Father Ostapovich

Paul Hickey

as Lazar Kaganovich

Michael Jenn

as Professor Malishnikov

Rod Hunt

as Anton

Malcolm Freeman

as Molotov

Joey Price

as Isak

Kevin Hudson

as Peasant

Kathy Kiera Clarke

as Varvara

Adam McNamara

as Dmitri

David G. Robinson

as Stalin's Bodyguard

Jocasta Anderson

as Helen

Tim Charles

as Gregory Zinoviev

Kane Ogieva

as Willard

Rob Mitchell-James

as Nikolai Bukharin

Ostap Stupka

as Boiko

Denis Khoroshko

as Voice over

Dominic Borrelli

as Andrei Zhdanov

Jane Thorne

as Gaunt Old Woman

Marat Khairoullin

as Revolutionary Pesant

Ryan Bromham

as Yuri

Tracy Kirby

as Senia