Bitter Harvest (2017)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $20,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $557,241.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.6716 |
Directed By
George Mendeluk
Crew
Oleksandr Korotun
Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle
George Mendeluk
Benjamin Wallfisch
Stuart Baird
Douglas Milsome
Martin Hitchcock
Lenka Svab
George Mendeluk
Richard Bachynsky Hoover
Vladimir Radlinski
Oleksandr Suvorov
Simon Whyman
Vincent Keane
Ian Ihnatowycz
Jaye Gazeley
George Mendeluk
Dan Hubbard
Tetiana Fedotova
Valerie Phil
Chad Barager
Dennis Davidson
Gala Otenko
Andrew Nedobora
Stuart Baird
Peter D. Graves
Cornelia Stefan
Darko Skulsky
Aleksey Barilo
Camilla Storey
Olga Avrahova
Richard Bachynsky Hoover
Aleksandra Stepina
Richard Morrison
Tamer Hassan
Nikolay Semko
Dean Wares
William J. Immerman
Roman Kindrachuk
Gemma Sykes
Su Fraser
Claire Freeman
Mark Milsome
Gregory D. Liegey
TOP CAST
Max Irons
Yuri
Samantha Barks
Natalka
Terence Stamp
Ivan
Barry Pepper
Yaroslav
Tamer Hassan
Sergei
Aneurin Barnard
Mykola
Anastasiya Ostreinova
Mykola's Girlfriend
Tom Austen
Taras
Richard Brake
Medved
William Beck
Stefan
Lucy Brown
Olena
Nicholas Aaron
Walter Duranty
Edward Akrout
Professor Temchuck
Gary Oliver
Stalin
Jack Hollington
Lubko
Richard Ashton
Father Ostapovich
Paul Hickey
Lazar Kaganovich
Michael Jenn
Professor Malishnikov
Rod Hunt
Anton
Malcolm Freeman
Molotov
Joey Price
Isak
Kevin Hudson
Peasant
Kathy Kiera Clarke
Varvara
Adam McNamara
Dmitri
David G. Robinson
Stalin's Bodyguard
Jocasta Anderson
Helen
Tim Charles
Gregory Zinoviev
Rob Mitchell-James
Nikolai Bukharin
Kane Ogieva
Willard
Ostap Stupka
Boiko
Dennis Good
Voice over
Dominic Borrelli
Andrei Zhdanov
Jane Thorne
Gaunt Old Woman
Marat Khairoullin
Revolutionary Pesant
Ryan Bromham
Yuri
Tracy Kirby
Senia
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