Bitter Harvest (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.
Director:
George Mendeluk
Writer:
Richard Bachynsky Hoover
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Max Irons as Yuri |
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Samantha Barks as Natalka |
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Terence Stamp as Ivan |
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Barry Pepper as Yaroslav |
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Tamer Hassan as Sergei |
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Aneurin Barnard as Mykola |
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Anastasiya Ostreinova as Mykola's Girlfriend |
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Tom Austen as Taras |
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Richard Brake as Medved |
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William Beck as Stefan |
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Lucy Brown as Olena |
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Nicholas Aaron as Walter Duranty |
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Edward Akrout as Professor Temchuck |
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Gary Oliver as Stalin |
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Jack Hollington as Lubko |
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Richard Ashton as Father Ostapovich |
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Paul Hickey as Lazar Kaganovich |
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Michael Jenn as Professor Malishnikov |
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Rod Hunt as Anton |
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Malcolm Freeman as Molotov |
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Joey Price as Isak |
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Kevin Hudson as Peasant |
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Kathy Kiera Clarke as Varvara |
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Adam McNamara as Dmitri |
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David G. Robinson as Stalin's Bodyguard |
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Jocasta Anderson as Helen |
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Tim Charles as Gregory Zinoviev |
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Rob Mitchell-James as Nikolai Bukharin |
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Kane Ogieva as Willard |
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Ostap Stupka as Boiko |
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Dennis Good as Voice over |
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Dominic Borrelli as Andrei Zhdanov |
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Jane Thorne as Gaunt Old Woman |
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Marat Khairoullin as Revolutionary Pesant |
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Ryan Bromham as Yuri |
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Tracy Kirby as Senia |
| Camera | Oleksandr Korotun | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | George Mendeluk | Director |
| Sound | Benjamin Wallfisch | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Richard Bachynsky Hoover | Screenplay |
| Writing | Richard Bachynsky Hoover | Story |
| Writing | George Mendeluk | Writer |
| Editing | Stuart Baird | Editor |
| Editing | Lenka Svab | Editor |
| Art | Martin Hitchcock | Production Design |
| Art | Vladimir Radlinski | Production Design |
| Visual Effects | Oleksandr Suvorov | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| Crew | Vincent Keane | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Simon Whyman | Stunts |
| Production | Richard Bachynsky Hoover | Executive Producer |
| Production | Stuart Baird | Producer |
| Production | Chad Barager | Producer |
| Production | Dennis Davidson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jaye Gazeley | Producer |
| Production | Peter D. Graves | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tamer Hassan | Co-Producer |
| Production | Ian Ihnatowycz | Producer |
| Production | William J. Immerman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Roman Kindrachuk | Producer |
| Production | George Mendeluk | Producer |
| Production | Valerie Phil | Line Producer |
| Production | Darko Skulsky | Producer |
| Production | Camilla Storey | Co-Producer |
| Production | Dan Hubbard | Casting |
| Production | Gemma Sykes | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tetiana Fedotova | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gala Otenko | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleksandra Stepina | Costume Design |
| Production | Aleksey Barilo | Unit Manager |
| Crew | Su Fraser | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Nikolay Semko | Production Manager |
| Production | Andrew Nedobora | Location Manager |
| Sound | Claire Freeman | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Olga Avrahova | Production Coordinator |
| Art | Richard Morrison | Title Designer |
| Directing | Cornelia Stefan | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Dean Wares | Title Designer |
| Camera | Mark Milsome | "B" Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Gregory D. Liegey | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Art | Tracey Wilson | Storyboard Artist |
| Directing | Jo Beckett | Script Supervisor |
| Art | D. Dominic Devine | Standby Art Director |
| Camera | Douglas Milsome | Director of Photography |