Bitter Harvest

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Bitter Harvest

R

2017

1h 43m

History

Drama

War

Romance

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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.

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Critics Consensus

Bitter Harvest lives down to its title with a clichéd wartime romance whose clumsy melodrama dishonors the victims of the real-life horrors it uses as a backdrop.

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Karen Han

CutPrintFilm

Dec 8, 2017

Despite the fact that it was a genocide that claimed millions of lives, the Holodomor is not particularly well known. Bitter Harvest is not the film to bring attention to it.

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Brad Wheeler

Globe and Mail

Mar 3, 2017

1/4

This is a story of villainous oppression, unfortunately told with oppressive earnestness.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

Mar 1, 2017

3/5

It's not Zhivago. The big picture is drawn a little too hastily for that. But it is a rousing tale with political pertinence, given the current state of relations between Russia and the Ukraine.

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Leo Brady

AMovieGuy.com

Feb 7, 2021

1/4

It's a bad sign when even the prayers in this movie are crappy.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Oct 30, 2019

3/5

Bitter Harvest is both haunting and engrossing. An emotional powerhouse of a film, it is an emotionally resonant, riveting telling of history. Fear and terror is palpable. Pain is resonant.

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Alexa Dalby

Dog and Wolf

Nov 19, 2018

2/5

Clearly a deeply felt film whose producers' mission is to cast a spotlight on a hidden Ukrainian tragedy, Bitter Harvest has difficulty living up to the powerful tragic sweep of its subject.

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Madam D

@Madam1948 Feb 27, 2026

Never heard of this intentional starving of Ukrainia by the Soviets in the 1930s. Now that Russia is trying to take over their country again it seems very relevant. A well done piece of historic drama.

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Robert H

@RT67230581 May 5, 2022

I did not really care for this movie. That being said; Is there really any question, after seeing this movie, why the brave Ukrainians are fighting the Russians to the death?

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Feb 28, 2022

Americans don't know about the 1932-1933 man made famine that killed millions of innocent Ukrainian lives. We needed this film. Everyone is a tough critic. It doesn't matter if it's not a perfect movie, as it shows history to those that didn't know about this awful tragedy. 🇺🇦🙏🏻💙💪🏼

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Nov 28, 2020

The film is impressive and is hailed by critics of the new Khmer Rouge who sincerely believe that the communists' piles of corpses smell better than the Nazis' piles of corpses

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mauro l

@Mauro_Lanari Jun 4, 2019

The directing is so ridiculous as to be an outrage at the Ukrainian genocide. (Mauro Lanari)

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Dec 21, 2018

Apparently critics really hate films that cast light on the crimes committed by their beloved Communist regimes.

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Synopsis

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

Director: George Mendeluk
Producer: Stuart Baird, Chad Barager, Jaye Gazeley, Ian Ihnatowycz, George Mendeluk
Screenwriter: Richard Bachynsky Hoover, George Mendeluk
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Production Co: Roadside Attractions
Rating: R (Violence and Disturbing Images)
Genre: History, Drama, War, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 24, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 13, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $557.0K
Runtime: 1h 43m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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