Bitter Harvest Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Nov. 5, 2016

Bitter Harvest

Release Date: Friday, February 24, 2017 Limited

Max Irons, Barry Pepper, Richard Bachynsky Hoover, Samantha Barks, Terence Stamp, George Mendeluk

A young man's life is changed forever when the burgeoning Soviet Union's ambition leads to Stalin's army spilling into rural Ukraine.

N/A Biography 1 hr, 33 m

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A young man's life is changed forever when the burgeoning Soviet Union's ambition leads to Stalin's army spilling into rural Ukraine.

Plot

What's the story about?

Yuri (Max Irons) is a young Ukrainian living a contented life in his country village of Smila. Unlike his warrior father Yaroslav (Barry Pepper) and notorious grandfather Ivan (Terence Stamp), Yuri is a talented artist, blissfully in love with his childhood sweetheart Natalka (Samantha Barks)—unware of the burgeoning Soviet Union and political dangers facing the people of Ukraine. Following the death of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, tyrant Joseph Stalin senses retaliation and declares his merciless intention to enforce his predecessor's system of collectivisation, thus starving Ukrainians into submission. Led by the ruthless Sergei, a band of Bolshevik soldiers are sent to Smila to enforce the man-made famine. Yaroslav and Ivan heroically defend the village but are powerless against the Bolshevik army. After Yaroslav is brutally hung, the injured Ivan seeks vengeance but struggles to come to terms with the loss of his warrior son and the pacifism of his grandson Yuri. The Bolsheviks' oppressive regime has become the Holodomor—Stalin’s deliberately engineered genocidal famine. Will Yuri and Natalka's love survive the Holodomor as they set out on one last quest for freedom?

Cited as official plot version from spotlight-pictures.com

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Bitter Harvest.

Max Irons
The Host, The Wife
Samantha Barks
Les Misérables, The Christmas Candle
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Barry Pepper
Lone Ranger, True Grit
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Terence Stamp
Wanted, Viking Destiny

Crew Behind the Film

The Bitter Harvest behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director George Mendeluk last directed Fight or Flight.

Director: George Mendeluk
Screenwriters: George Mendeluk
Richard Bachynsky Hoover
Producer: Richard Bachynsky Hoover

Studio: Roadside Attractions
Production Companies: —

Additional Information

MPA Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: 1 hr, 33 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Production Details

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Nov 2016

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Bitter Harvest was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, February 24, 2017. There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including Collide, Get Out and Rock Dog. As a limited release, Bitter Harvest was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

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