In March 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones takes a train from Moscow to Kharkov in the Ukraine. He disembarks at a small station and sets off on foot on a journey through the country where he experiences at first hand the horrors of a famine. Everywhere there are dead people, and everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out to the general public. Stalin’s forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruin; the policy is tantamount to mass murder. Supported by Ada Brooks, a New York Times reporter, Jones succeeds in spreading the shocking news in the West, thereby putting his powerful rival, the Pulitzer Prize-winning, pro-Stalin journalist Walter Duranty, firmly in his place.
Cast: James Norton, Peter Sarsgaard, Vanessa Kirby
Crew: Agnieszka Holland (Director), Tomasz Naumiuk (Director of Photography), Antoni Lazarkiewicz (Music Director)
Rating: 15 (United Kingdom)
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Biography
Release Dates: 18 Mar 2020 (France), 10 Feb 2019 (Germany), 27 Feb 2020 (New Zealand), 07 Feb 2020 (United Kingdom), 19 Jun 2020 (United States)
Did you know? The film's scenes of pre-WWII London locations were actually shot in Edinburgh. Read More
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as Gareth Jones
as Walter Duranty
as Ada Brooks
as Rhea Clyman
as Newspaper boy
as Cerridwen
as Matthew
as American Journalist
as Man in building
as Eugene Lyons
as Miss Stevenson
as Eres
as George Orwell
as Major Jones
as Lloyd George
as Maxim Litvinov
as L. C. Thornton
as Reporter
as Yulia
as Bonnie
as Police Officer
as Welsh Town Person
Direction
Director
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Production
Co-Producer
Production Company
Executive Producer
Line Producer
Production Manager
Production Assistant
Distribution
Distributor
Writers
Screenplay Writer
Camera and Electrical
Director of Photography
Still Photographer
Gaffer
Electrician
Sound
Sound Re-recording Mixer
Location Sound Recordist
Boom Operator
Art
Art Director
Production Designer
Prop Master
Set Decorator
Assistant Art Director
Carpenter
Casting
Casting Director
Costume and Wardrobe
Costume Designer
Costume Assistant
Location
Location Manager
Makeup and Hair
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Hair Stylist
Special Effects
Special Effects Technician
Transportation
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Spoken Languages:
Russian, Ukrainian, Welsh
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Filming Locations:
Trivia:
The film's scenes of pre-WWII London locations were actually shot in Edinburgh.
This film was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival.
This film was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival.
Filming Start Date:
16 Feb 2018
Filming End Date:
30 Jul 2018
