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Mr. Jones

Mr. Jones

The truth can't be hidden forever

2019•1h 59m•6.8/10
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6.8/10(451)

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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Production

Film Produkcja, Crab Apple Films, Kinorob, FILM.UA Group, Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, Ukrainian State Film Agency, Studio Orka, Silesia Film, Kino Świat

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

James Norton

James Norton

Gareth Jones

Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa Kirby

Ada Brooks

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

Walter Duranty

Joseph Mawle

Joseph Mawle

George Orwell

Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Lloyd George

Celyn Jones

Celyn Jones

Matthew

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Maxim Litvinov

Beata Pozniak

Beata Pozniak

Rhea Clyman

Fenella Woolgar

Fenella Woolgar

Miss Stevenson

Michalina Olszańska

Michalina Olszańska

Yulia

Patrycja Volny

Patrycja Volny

Bonnie

Edward Wolstenholme

Edward Wolstenholme

Eugene Lyons

Oleh Drach

Oleh Drach

Leonid

Martin Bishop

Martin Bishop

Sir Ernest Bennet

Marcin Czarnik

Marcin Czarnik

Paul Kleb

Julian Lewis Jones

Julian Lewis Jones

Major Jones

Matthew Marsh

Matthew Marsh

William Randolph Hearst

John Edmondson

John Edmondson

J.E. B Seely

Olena Leonenko

Olena Leonenko

Hotel receptionist

Barry Mulkerns

John Cushny

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