The film depicts the holodomor, a genocide committed by soviet leader joseph stalin using food as a weapon through mass starvation as millions of ukrainians died under forced collectivization of all farms and businesses owned by ukrainians. Pages in category nbc network original films the following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 378 total. Bitter harvest is a 1963 british dramatic film directed by peter graham scott and starring janet munro and john stride, about a young girl who rejects marriage to become a kept woman and high. Set between the two world wars and based on true historical events, bitter harvest is the first major dramatic film to convey the untold story of the holodomor, the genocidal famine engineered by joseph stalin that killed millions in ukraine. Bitter harvest, by the ukrainian canadian screenwriter richard bachynsky, is the. The film is based on the book 20,000 streets under the sky by patrick hamilton. Find films and movies featuring janet munro on allmovie. Bitter harvest dvd 1963 movie on dvd poor girl becomes.
Cattlegate is a documentary film about the accidental yet disastrous introduction of pbb, a flameretardent chemical, into michigan cattle feed in. Bitter harvest is a 2017 period romanticdrama film set in soviet ukraine in the early 1930s. Macgyver goes undercover to investigate the mans death. He became prime minister of rhodesia in april 1964, and took his country through the unilateral declaration of independence in. Saw this at the dominion, twickenham, middlesex, in november 1963 it was the b movie to a film ive forgotten i happened to see bitter harvest second in the programme. A farmworker organizer who uncovered evidence against growers using deadly pesticides is found dead. Barbara ferris was born on july 27, 1942 in london, england as barbara gillian ferris. Based on one of the most overlooked tragedies of the 20th century, bitter harvest is a powerful. The devils harvest, ii, devils harvest, devils harvest. Its hoppity goes to town with sex in this 1963 british version of the old chestnut concerning an innocent country lass who travels to the big city and becomes corrupted, in this film version of. Distinguished by numerous sex scenes and a languorous editing style, bitter harvest is a dawdling rural film noir. Very well done to what stalin done to the people who were under his rule to.
Starring max irons, samantha barks and terence stamp, the film tells the story. The plot is about a young woman who rejects marriage to become a kept woman. Bitter harvest 2017 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Bitter harvest 1963 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Janet munro stars in this film based on a ted willis screenplay, playing a naive young woman from wales whose life is transformed when she settles in london in the swinging 1960s.
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