Overview:
In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. Stalin’s forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruin—the policy is tantamount to mass murder.| Status: | Released (2019-10-03) |
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| Awards: | 4 wins & 14 nominations total |
| Screen: | Andrea Chalupa |
| Productions: | Film Produkcja Features, Crab Apple Films, Kinorob, FILM.UA Group, Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, Ukrainian State Film Agency, Studio Orka, Silesia Film, Kino Świat |
| Production Countries: | Poland, Ukraine, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | Український, Pусский, Cymraeg, English |
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Casts
- 1205278: James Norton - Gareth Jones
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- 119783: Joseph Mawle - George Orwell
- 26258: Kenneth Cranham - Lloyd George
- 206161: Celyn Jones - Matthew
- 24524: Krzysztof Pieczyński - Maxim Litvinov
Crews
- 2048272: Viktor Shevchenko - Location Manager - Production
- 1955526: Olga Chajdas - Second Unit Director - Directing
- 2535661: Wojciech Mielimąka - Sound Supervisor - Sound
- 146647: Marcin Matlak - Production Sound Mixer - Sound
- 569908: Janusz Kaleja - Makeup Designer - Costume & Make-Up
- 569908: Janusz Kaleja - Hair Designer - Costume & Make-Up
- 2702465: Serhii Demydov - Unit Production Manager - Production
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Reviews
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A taut and stark thriller, one part espionage, one part survival, this is an extremely powerful true story, and one that has generally slipped under the radar. We are lucky that someone as talented as Agnieszka Holland took the helm of 'Mr Jones'. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full art ....
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James Norton delivers really quite well here as the journalist who stumbles upon and exposes one of the worst atrocities of Stalin's Soviet regime. Deep amidst the poverty-stricken Steppe, he gradually becomes aware that the dissolution of the traditional small-holding style of famil ....
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