Mr. Jones
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.
Synopsis
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.
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Cast
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
James Norton
Gareth Jones
Vanessa Kirby
Ada Brooks
Peter Sarsgaard
Walter Duranty
Joseph Mawle
George Orwell
Kenneth Cranham
Lloyd George
Celyn Jones
Matthew
Krzysztof Pieczyński
Maxim Litvinov
Beata Pozniak
Rhea Clyman
Fenella Woolgar
Miss Stevenson
Michalina Olszańska
Yulia
Patrycja Volny
Bonnie
Edward Wolstenholme
Eugene Lyons
Oleh Drach
Leonid
Martin Bishop
Sir Ernest Bennet
Marcin Czarnik
Paul Kleb
Julian Lewis Jones
Major Jones
Production
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Release
2019
Runtime
119 min
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