War / Drama / History / Romance /

Score: 59.0%( 82 votes )

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:

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