Directed by:
George MendelukCinematography:
Douglas MilsomeComposer:
Benjamin WallfischCast:
Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper, Max Irons, Aneurin Barnard, Terence Stamp, Tom Austen, Tamer Hassan, Richard Brake, Nicholas Aaron, Lucy Brown, William Beck (more)Plots(1)
Based on one of the most overlooked tragedies of the 20th Century, Bitter Harvest is a powerful story of love, honour, rebellion and survival as seen through the eyes of two young lovers caught in the ravages of Joseph Stalin’s genocidal policies against Ukraine in the 1930s. As Stalin advances the ambitions of the burgeoning Soviet Union, a young artist named Yuri (Max Irons) battles to survive famine, imprisonment and torture to save his childhood sweetheart Natalka (Samantha Barks) from the “Holodomor,” (the death-by-starvation program which ultimately killed millions of Ukrainians). Against this tragic backdrop, Yuri escapes from a Soviet prison and joins the anti-Bolshevik resistance movement as he battles to reunite with Natalka and continue the fight for a free Ukraine.
This epic love story brings to light one of the most devastating chapters of modern Europe.
(Becker Film Group)
Cast
![Samantha Barks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/964/78964339_86d90d.jpg)
Samantha Barks
UK
Best movies:
Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010) (theatrical recording)
Les Misérables (2012)
The Christmas Candle (2013)
![Barry Pepper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269035_ae0a3a.jpg)
Barry Pepper
Canada
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Enemy of the State (1998)
![Max Irons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/386/386745_47cd54.jpg)
Max Irons
UK
Best movies:
Being Julia (2004)
Woman in Gold (2015)
The Wife (2017)
![Aneurin Barnard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/218/162218511_adfa93.jpg)
Aneurin Barnard
UK
Best movies:
War and Peace (2016) (series)
Dunkirk (2017)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
![Terence Stamp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267815_f86fe7.jpg)
Terence Stamp
UK
Best movies:
Valkyrie (2008)
Wall Street (1987)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
![Tom Austen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634010_03d478.jpg)
Tom Austen
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Brighton Rock (2010)
Bitter Harvest (2017)
![Tamer Hassan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278201_1ea8d4.jpg)
Tamer Hassan
UK
Best movies:
Batman Begins (2005)
Eastern Promises (2007)
Kick-Ass (2010)
![Richard Brake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/896/161896993_c1cb2d.jpg)
Richard Brake
UK
Best movies:
Batman Begins (2005)
Cold Mountain (2003)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
![Nicholas Aaron](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272740_3fe6ff.jpg)
Nicholas Aaron
Best movies:
Black Butterfly (2017)
Jarhead: Law of Return (2019)
Bitter Harvest (2017)
![Lucy Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276519_5c6d98.jpg)
Lucy Brown
UK
Best movies:
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
Sharpe's Challenge (2006) (TV movie)
Bonded by Blood (2010)
![William Beck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/886/160886957_b0729c.jpg)
William Beck
UK
Best movies:
Snatch (2000)
Northanger Abbey (2007) (TV movie)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
![Gary Oliver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/852/160852512_087baa.jpg)
Gary Oliver
Best movies:
War and Peace (2016) (series)
Murdered for Being Different (2017) (TV movie)
The Cut (2014)
![Michael Jenn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/936/159936996_470188.jpg)
Michael Jenn
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Unleashed (2005)
Jack Hollington
Best movies:
Brimstone (2016)
Bitter Harvest (2017)
![Paul Hickey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/439/164439637_aa17ec.jpg)
Paul Hickey
Best movies:
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Michael Collins (1996)
House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
Joey Price
Best movies:
The Enfield Haunting (2015) (series)
Bitter Harvest (2017)
Kathy Kiera Clarke
Best movies:
Bloody Sunday (2002)
Omagh (2004) (TV movie)
Take a Girl Like You (2000) (TV movie)
Денис Тарасов
Best movies:
Bitter Harvest (2017)
Richard Ashton
UK
Best movies:
The Fifth Element (1997)
Ray & Liz (2018)
Calendar Girls (2003)
Edward Akrout
France
Best movies:
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
Rodin (2017)