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.
10-03-2019
1h 59m
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Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Agnieszka Holland
Production:
Film Produkcja, Crab Apple Films, Kinorob, FILM.UA Group, Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, Ukrainian State Film Agency, Kino Świat, Studio Orka
Revenue:
$2,855,316
Key Crew
Executive Producer:
Jeff Field
Producer:
Stanisław Dziedzic
Boom Operator:
Rafał Lenart
Co-Producer:
Angus Lamont
Co-Producer:
Yehor Olesov
Locations and Languages
Country:
UA; PL; GB
Filming:
PL; UA; GB
Languages:
en
Main Cast
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Scottish born actor Kenneth Cranham is one of the most recognisable character actors in Britain. Having trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA, Cranham first came to prominence as Noah Claypole in the 1968 Carol Reed musical Oliver! In the late '70s, Cranham memorably played Sapper Salt in Euston Films' Danger UXB, before taking the title role in the popular postwar set period comedy drama Shine on Harvey Moon. His most famous film role from around this time was Dr. Philip Channard in Hellraiser II. In more recent years he has starred in the HBO series Rome, as well as the films Hot Fuzz, Layer Cake, Valkyrie, Made in Dagenham, Maleficent and Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool. Among many stage credits are West End productions of Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot, An Inspector Calls (both transferring to Broadway), The Ruffian on the Stair, The Birthday Party and Gaslight (at the Old Vic). For his role as Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls, he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. In 2016, Cranham won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Andre in Florian Zeller's The Father. The play originated at the Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio in the Autumn of 2014, before touring the country and transferring to the West End in the Summer of 2015, and returning to the Duke of York's Theatre in Spring 2016. The play received an unprecedented five star review from every leading national press publication, and Cranham's performance was described as "the performance of his life" His first wife was actress Diana Quick. He has two daughters: Nancy Cranham with actress Charlotte Cornwell, and Kathleen Cranham with his second wife, actress Fiona Victory, whom he met on the set of Shine on Harvey Moon.
Celyn Jones is a Welsh actor born and raised in Holyhead on the island of Anglesey. His father was a sailor and mother a baker. Aged 15 Celyn attended the Manchester Youth Theatre where he gained life long creative & personal relationships. At 18 he won a scholarship to the prestigious Oxford School of Drama where he received a strong classical training. Since graduating he has secured a reputation as a very talented and versatile character actor. On TV & Film he has worked with some of the most talented and respected Directors & Actors around. Throughout his career he's returned to the Theatre and achieved critical success with each performance be it playing a "Definitive" Tony Lumpkin in "She Stoops to Conquer" or in cutting edge new plays like Gary Owen's "Ghost City" which played in Cardiff, London and New York or in Kaite O'Reilly's powerful "The Almond and the Seahorse" where his performance was described as "Superb" "Brilliant" "Captivating and Masterful".
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He has appeared on various productions on the Welsh-language channel S4C, including as a presenter of a popular fishing programme "Sgota".
In 2010 he appeared in the TV series "The Tudors" as Mr. Roper (the park keeper) in Season 4, Episode 1. Also in 2010 he appeared on British TV series "Spooks" (US title MI-5) as Russian spy Viktor Barenshik in Season 9, Episode 3. In 2012 and 2013, he appeared in the Sky1 drama-comedy series "Stella" as Karl Morris and in an episode of the BBC Two drama-comedy series "Ambassadors".
Jones has been cast in an undisclosed role in, Justice League (2017); a film based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name.
