Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Terence Stamp, Barry Pepper and Tamer Hassan star is upcoming drama, Bitter Harvest.
The film is based on one of the most overlooked tragedies of the 20th Century. It’s the story of love, honour and rebellion of two young lovers who were caught in the demolition caused by Joseph Stalin’s genocidal policies against Ukraine in the 1930’s, in his attempt to grow the Soviet Union.
The young man in the story is Yuri (Max Irons). He battles to survive imprisonment and torture as he tries to save his childhood sweetheart Natalka (Samantha Barks) from the “Holodomor” – the death by starvation program which ultimately killed millions of Ukrainians. Despite having the odds against him, Yuri manages to escape from the Soviet prison and joins the anti-Bolshevik resistance movement as he battles to reunite with Natalka and continue the fight for a free Ukraine.
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Bitter Harvest is out in UK cinemas on 24th February 2017.