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Seeds of Hunger - Ukraine 1933

Seeds of Hunger - Ukraine 1933

Jan 20, 2023 1h 8m
6.3
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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 Drawing on previously unpublished material, on many Soviet films and on a number of particular points of view, including that of Welsh journalist and whistleblower Gareth Jones, this film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

Kester Lovelace

Gareth Jones (voice)
Elisabeth Wautlet

Elisabeth Wautlet

Soviet Authorities (voice)
Less "Leslie" Clack

Less "Leslie" Clack

Edouard Herriot (voice) (as Les Clack)
Jerry Di Giacomo

Jerry Di Giacomo

Italian Consul (voice)
Ken Starcevic

Ken Starcevic

Walter Duranty (voice)
Bruce Sherfield

Bruce Sherfield

Accounts (voice)