Mr. Jones

Mr. Jones

119 mins | Drama, Thriller, History | Oct. 25, 2019

In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. Stalin’s forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruin—the policy is tantamount to mass murder.

Mr. Jones

119 mins | Drama, Thriller, History | Oct. 25, 2019

Mr. Jones
In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. Stalin’s forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruin—the policy is tantamount to mass murder.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers PISF, Film.UA, Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, Crab Apple Films, Ukrainian State Film Agency, Film Production, Studio Orka, Kinorob
Original title Mr. Jones
Directors Karolina Foltyn, Agnieszka Holland
Writers Andrea Chalupa

Cast

James Norton

as Gareth Jones

Vanessa Kirby

as Ada Brooks

Peter Sarsgaard

as Walter Duranty

Joseph Mawle

as George Orwell

Kenneth Cranham

as Lloyd George

Celyn Jones

as Matthew

Krzysztof Pieczyński

as Maxim Litvinov

Beata Pozniak

as Rhea Clyman

Fenella Woolgar

as Miss Stevenson

Patrycja Volny

as Bonnie

Edward Wolstenholme

as Eugene Lyons

Oleg Drach

as Leonid

Martin Bishop

as Sir Ernest Bennet

Marcin Czarnik

as Paul Kleb

Julian Lewis Jones

as Major Jones

Matthew Marsh

as William Randolph Hearst

John Edmondson

as J.E. B Seely

Olena Leonenko

as Hotel receptionist

Barry Mulkerns

as John Cushny

Marcin Latałło

as Ralph Barnes

Jacob Krichefski

as Leonard Moore

Ksenia Matsuk

as Katya

Michael O'Donnell

as Malcolm Muggeridge

Wojciech Urbański

as Konstantin Umansky