Review of Bitter Harvest (2017) by Motria C — 25 Feb 2017

There is some melodrama in Bitter Harvest, but it is not overly done as the professional movie critics out there are claiming; Bitter Harvest has a good balance of story, history, and action.

The movie is about the effect of Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin's government policy of taking at first 90% of and then the entire agricultural produce and livestock of Ukraine's farms for the benefit of urban industrial workers on a representative Ukrainian farming village and the mass famine and mass death that ensued in 1932.

The people of Smeelee village are confronted with a gang of Red Army soldiers who murder innocent villagers and seize their livestock, horses, farmhouses, land and religious artwork for the Soviet State.

The film briefly shows General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) and the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party Lazar Kaganovich (1893-1991) plotting the Famine; the Chairman of Council of People's Commissars Vyacheslav Molotov (1890-1986) makes a momentary appearance in the background.

If you enjoy history, historical drama, or want to see an interesting story that covers new ground that has not been treated by popular culture and media before or that depicts the individual struggling against an oppressive violent government, you should see this film: Score: 8/10.

The movie is a lot better than many professional movie critics care to admit; Bitter Harvest is a good movie and worth the price of a ticket.

Stars Max Irons (son of the English actor Jeremy Irons) and Samantha Barks.

There is some melodrama in Bitter Harvest, but it is not overly done as the professional movie critics out there are claiming; Bitter Harvest has a good balance of story, history, and action.

The movie is about the effect of Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin's government policy of taking at first 90% of and then the entire agricultural produce and livestock of Ukraine's farms for the benefit of urban industrial workers on a representative Ukrainian farming village and the mass famine and mass death that ensued in 1932.

The people of Smeelee village are confronted with a gang of Red Army soldiers who murder innocent villagers and seize their livestock, horses, farmhouses, land and religious artwork for the Soviet State.

The film briefly shows General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) and the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party Lazar Kaganovich (1893-1991) plotting the Famine; the Chairman of Council of People's Commissars Vyacheslav Molotov (1890-1986) makes a momentary appearance in the background.

If you enjoy history, historical drama, or want to see an interesting story that covers new ground that has not been treated by popular culture and media before or that depicts the individual struggling against an oppressive violent government, you should see this film: Score: 8/10.

The movie is a lot better than many of the professional movie critics care to admit; Bitter Harvest is a good movie and worth the price of a ticket.

Stars Max Irons (son of the English actor Jeremy Irons) and Samantha Barks. Max Irons does a great job in the role of Yuri Katchnuk, an idealistic young Ukrainian artist.