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Bitter Harvest

  • 20172017
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  • 1h 43m
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5.9/10
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Max Irons and Samantha Barks in Bitter Harvest (2017)
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Set in 1930s Ukraine, as Stalin advances the ambitions of communists in the Kremlin, young artist Yuri battles to save his lover Natalka from the Holodomor, the death-by-starvation program t... Read allSet in 1930s Ukraine, as Stalin advances the ambitions of communists in the Kremlin, young artist Yuri battles to save his lover Natalka from the Holodomor, the death-by-starvation program that ultimately killed millions of Ukrainians.Set in 1930s Ukraine, as Stalin advances the ambitions of communists in the Kremlin, young artist Yuri battles to save his lover Natalka from the Holodomor, the death-by-starvation program that ultimately killed millions of Ukrainians.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
3.9K
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  • Director
    • George Mendeluk
  • Writers
    • Richard Bachynsky Hoover(screenplay)
    • George Mendeluk(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Max Irons
    • Samantha Barks
    • Terence Stamp
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  • Director
    • George Mendeluk
  • Writers
    • Richard Bachynsky Hoover(screenplay)
    • George Mendeluk(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Max Irons
    • Samantha Barks
    • Terence Stamp
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    • 55User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
    • 34Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 5 nominations

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    Bitter Harvest
    Trailer 2:02
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    Bitter Harvest
    Bitter Harvest Official Trailer
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    Bitter Harvest Official Trailer
    Free Men
    Clip 1:24
    Free Men
    Duty
    Clip 0:38
    Duty
    Stalin Vision
    Clip 1:01
    Stalin Vision
    Hold Me
    Clip 0:56
    Hold Me
    Ingratitude
    Clip 0:37
    Ingratitude
    Choice
    Clip 1:00
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    Max Irons and Samantha Barks in Bitter Harvest (2017)
    Terence Stamp, Barry Pepper, Tamer Hassan, Max Irons, and Samantha Barks in Bitter Harvest (2017)
    Richard Bachynsky Hoover in Bitter Harvest (2017)
    Richard Bachynsky Hoover in Bitter Harvest (2017)
    Richard Bachynsky Hoover in Bitter Harvest (2017)
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    Richard Bachynsky Hoover in Bitter Harvest (2017)
    Richard Bachynsky Hoover in Bitter Harvest (2017)
    Max Irons and Samantha Barks in Bitter Harvest (2017)
    Max Irons and Samantha Barks in Bitter Harvest (2017)
    Samantha Barks in Bitter Harvest (2017)
    Max Irons and Samantha Barks in Bitter Harvest (2017)

    Top cast

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    Max Irons
    Max Irons
    • Yurias Yuri
    Samantha Barks
    Samantha Barks
    • Natalkaas Natalka
    Terence Stamp
    Terence Stamp
    • Ivanas Ivan
    Barry Pepper
    Barry Pepper
    • Yaroslavas Yaroslav
    Tamer Hassan
    Tamer Hassan
    • Sergeias Sergei
    Aneurin Barnard
    Aneurin Barnard
    • Mykolaas Mykola
    Ostap Stupka
    Ostap Stupka
    • Boikoas Boiko
    Tom Austen
    Tom Austen
    • Tarasas Taras
    William Beck
    William Beck
    • Stefanas Stefan
    Lucy Brown
    Lucy Brown
    • Olenaas Olena
    Denis Tarasov
    • Young Yurias Young Yuri
    Bondareva Lena B. Vysotskogo
    • Mariaas Maria
    Anastasiya Karpenko
    • Irenaas Irena
    • (as Anastasia Karpenko)
    Igor Miroshnichenko
    • Young Petroas Young Petro
    Valentina Zubchenko
    • Baba Yagaas Baba Yaga
    Tim Charles
    Tim Charles
    • Gregory Zinovievas Gregory Zinoviev
    William Key
    • Lev Kamenevas Lev Kamenev
    Adam McNamara
    • Dmitrias Dmitri
    • Director
      • George Mendeluk
    • Writers
      • Richard Bachynsky Hoover(screenplay) (story)
      • George Mendeluk(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Max Irons and Aneurrin Barnard played brothers Edward IV and Richard III, respectively in The White Queen (2013)
    • Quotes

      [Last spoken lines, repeated line]

      Yuri: [Voice over] My name is Yuri Kachanyuk, the son of Yaroslav Kachanyuk and the grandson of the famous warrior Ivan Kachanyuk. Before I grew up and learned that the dragons were real and evil roamed the world. I fell in love.

    • Soundtracks
      Wedding March
      Music by Anatoliy Mamalyga and Iryna Orlova

      Performed by Olha Chornokondratenko (Violin); Vadym Chornokondratenko (Tambourine)

      Courtesy of Andamar Entertainment Inc.

    User reviews55

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    Top review
    6/10
    Unfocused Drama
    A common myth involving famine is that that it's entirely down to there not being enough food to go around an increasing human population . In other words there's too many people to survive on an essential resource , or "Malthusian catastrophe" to give it its technical term. What is being said is that there's too many people but there's often the innuendo that there's "too many (Insert black , brown or yellow here) people" here. The reality is that there's more than enough food in the world and the problems of food supply lie elsewhere, Don't believe me ? Ask yourself this:if there's more than 7 billion people in the world , more than it has ever been why is it that in the last few years only the Horn of Africa and North Korea have suffered famines ? You see my point ? It's nothing to do with resources and has everything to do with war in North East Africa and state policy in North Korea

    BITTER HARVEST tells the story of one of the worst man made disasters in human history , that of the 1930s Soviet famine , most especially the Holodomor experience of the Ukrainians. Make no mistake because the famine was entirely man made where Josef Stalin rescinded Lenin's New Economic Policy ( Lenin and Trotsky's name change for capitalism )and executed or imprisoned everyone who knew anything about farming or engineering. A recipe for disaster in other words

    The film itself is far from a disaster but constantly fails to make up its mind as to what it's trying to be. From the opening scene where the lead male and female are introduced as children you think that the film might be going one way only for it to go in a direction that it doesn't need to. It's a little bit love story , a little bit historical epic , a little bit action adventure etc but these segments never join up to a bigger picture , so much so it leads to an ultimately unsatisfying movie. It doesn't help that the goodies and baddies are painted in such broad stereotypical strokes

    This is especially annoying where the casting is involved. Tamar Hassan is an actor I know from low budget British hooligan sub-genre films but is something of a revelation as Commissar Sergei but ends up being a rudimentary villain because that's what the screenplay demands and it is the fault of the screenplay . On the other end of the spectrum is up and coming Welsh actor Aneurin Bernard who plays Mykola a multi-layered Marxist and complex character but quickly disappears from the narrative. Things like this draw your attention to the fact that this is a well meaning film but should have been a great film as well as a well meaning one
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    • Theo Robertson
    • Apr 9, 2017

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 24, 2017 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Official Website
    • Languages
      • English
      • Ukrainian
    • Also known as
      • Devil's Harvest
    • Filming locations
      • Kyiv, Ukraine
    • Production companies
      • Devil's Harvest Production
      • Tell Me A Storey
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $557,241
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $219,357
      • Feb 26, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $904,399
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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