Famine '33

IMDb link: 0104228
IMDb rating: 7.5 (474 votes)
Genres: Drama, History
Director: Oles Yanchuk
Cast: Galina Sulima, Georgiy Morozyuk, Aleksey Gorbunov, Maksim Koval and others

Release date: 15 Dec 1993
Release year: 1991
Runtime: 115 minutes
Country: Soviet Union
Keywords: holodomor, starvation, crime against humanity, ukraine, communism, genocide, famine, family relationships, shot to death, dead body

Plot:

This film looks at the artificial famine of 1932-33 in Ukraine through the eyes of a single family. The famine, which killed millions of people, was the result of a Soviet policy intended to punish Ukrainians for opposing the collectivization of their farms.

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