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Synopsis
Between 1931 and 1933, 4 million Ukrainians were to die of hunger. This famine was not preceded by any cataclysmic weather event, nor by a war. This was an ideological crime: decided by Stalin and approved by the Politburo, with the aim of punishing Ukrainian peasants who refused the collectivization of the countryside, cultivated a strong form of nationalism and showed resistance to communist ideology. Drawing on previously unpublished material, on many Soviet films and on a number of particular points of view, including that of Welsh journalist and whistleblower Gareth Jones, this film retraces the story of that famine.
Title | Seeds of Hunger - Ukraine 1933 |
Companies | Les Films du Poisson, Lobster Films |
Countries | France |
Keywords | communism, starvation, 1930s |

Kester Lovelace
Gareth Jones (voice)
Elisabeth Wautlet
Soviet Authorities (voice)
Less "Leslie" Clack
Edouard Herriot (voice) (as Les Clack)
Jerry Di Giacomo
Italian Consul (voice)Ken Starcevic
Walter Duranty (voice)