Bitter Harvest

5.9

103 minutes

1/31/2017

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.

Cast List

Max Irons
as Yuri
Samantha Barks
as Natalka
Terence Stamp
as Ivan
Barry Pepper
as Yaroslav
Tamer Hassan
as Sergei
Aneurin Barnard
as Mykola
Anastasiya Ostreinova
as Mykola's Girlfriend
Tom Austen
as Taras
Richard Brake
as Medved
William Beck
as Stefan
Lucy Brown
as Olena
Nicholas Aaron
as Walter Duranty
Edward Akrout
as Professor Temchuck
Gary Oliver
as Stalin
Jack Hollington
as Lubko
Richard Ashton
as Father Ostapovich
Paul Hickey
as Lazar Kaganovich
Michael Jenn
as Professor Malishnikov
Rod Hunt
as Anton
Malcolm Freeman
as Molotov
Joey Price
as Isak
Kevin Hudson
as Peasant
Kathy Kiera Clarke
as Varvara
Adam McNamara
as Dmitri
David G. Robinson
as Stalin's Bodyguard
Jocasta Anderson
as Helen
Tim Charles
as Gregory Zinoviev
Rob Mitchell-James
as Nikolai Bukharin
Kane Ogieva
as Willard
Ostap Stupka
as Boiko
Dennis Good
as Voice over
Dominic Borrelli
as Andrei Zhdanov
Jane Thorne
as Gaunt Old Woman
Marat Khairoullin
as Revolutionary Pesant
Ryan Bromham
as Yuri
Tracy Kirby
as Senia