Who directed the 2017 romantic-action film set in Soviet Ukraine in the early 1930s during the Great Famine?
Bitter Harvest (2017 film) Bitter Harvest is a 2017 romantic-action drama film set in Soviet Ukraine in the early 1930s during the Holodomor Genocide starvation policy that killed millions of Ukrainians under Stalins forced collectivization of all farms and businesses owned by Ukrainians. The film was directed by George Mendeluk and the original story and script was written by Richard Bachynsky Hoover, who collaborated on the final shooting script phase with director George Mendeluk. The film stars Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper, Tamer Hassan and Terence Stamp. The film is produced by Ian Ihnatowycz. Stuart Baird, George Mendeluk, Chad Barager. Dennis Davidson, Peter D. Graves and William J. Immerman serve as executive producers along with Richard Bachynsky Hoover.
Arsenal (1929 film) Arsenal (Ukrainian: Арсенал , also alternative title January Uprising in Kiev in 1918) is a Soviet war film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko. The film was shot at Odessa Film Factory of VUFKU with the camera of legendary cameraman Danyl Demutskyi and using the original sets made by Volodymyr Muller. The expressionist imagery, perfect camera work and original drama took the film far beyond the usual propaganda and made it one of the most important pieces of Ukrainian avant-garde cinema. The film was made in 1928 and released early in 1929. It is the second film in his "Ukraine Trilogy", the first being "Zvenigora" (1928) and the third being "Earth" (1930).