Exclusive: The Toronto-based distributor has picked up Canadian rights to George Mendeluk’s Ukranian genocide feature starring Max Irons, Samantha Barks and Terence Stamp.
D Films plans an early 2017 theatrical release for the story of lovers caught in Joseph Stalin’s murderous starvation of the Ukrainian people from 1932-1933 known as the Holodomor.
Barry Pepper and Tamer Hassan round out the key cast. Richard Bachynsky Hoover wrote the original story on which the film is based and collaborated on the screenplay with Mendeluk.
Roadside Attractions will release the film in the Us in early 2017.
Canadian businessman Ian Ihnatowycz, whose family fled Ukraine in the 1940s, financed and produced Bitter Harvest.
Producing alongside Ihnatowycz were Stuart Baird, Chad Barager, and Jaye Gazeley. Bill Immerman, Peter Graves, Dennis Davidson and Hoover served as executive producers.
“Bitter Harvest is an epic tale of real people struggling against the atrocities of a brutal dictator,” said [link=nm...
D Films plans an early 2017 theatrical release for the story of lovers caught in Joseph Stalin’s murderous starvation of the Ukrainian people from 1932-1933 known as the Holodomor.
Barry Pepper and Tamer Hassan round out the key cast. Richard Bachynsky Hoover wrote the original story on which the film is based and collaborated on the screenplay with Mendeluk.
Roadside Attractions will release the film in the Us in early 2017.
Canadian businessman Ian Ihnatowycz, whose family fled Ukraine in the 1940s, financed and produced Bitter Harvest.
Producing alongside Ihnatowycz were Stuart Baird, Chad Barager, and Jaye Gazeley. Bill Immerman, Peter Graves, Dennis Davidson and Hoover served as executive producers.
“Bitter Harvest is an epic tale of real people struggling against the atrocities of a brutal dictator,” said [link=nm...
- 10/6/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Here’s your first look at The Devil’S Harvest starring Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper and Terence Stamp.
Principal photography wrapped on director George Mendeluk’s epic romance in Kiev on January 30th.
Shot on location in Ukraine and London, The Devil’S Harvest is an action-packed, dramatic tale of love and the importance of family, set against the backdrop of political upheaval in 1930s Ukraine. Yuri (Max Irons) is an artistic soul born into a family of Cossack warriors, who struggles to win the approval of his grandfather Ivan (Terence Stamp), father Yaroslav (Barry Pepper) and the heart of Natalka (Samantha Barks.) Yuri finds his life changed forever with the invasion of the Red Army and the subsequent persecution of his family and fellow countrymen as Stalin’s regime of terror extends across Eastern Europe.
The Devil’S Harvest also features Tamer Hassan (Dracula), Aneurin Barnard (The White Queen...
Principal photography wrapped on director George Mendeluk’s epic romance in Kiev on January 30th.
Shot on location in Ukraine and London, The Devil’S Harvest is an action-packed, dramatic tale of love and the importance of family, set against the backdrop of political upheaval in 1930s Ukraine. Yuri (Max Irons) is an artistic soul born into a family of Cossack warriors, who struggles to win the approval of his grandfather Ivan (Terence Stamp), father Yaroslav (Barry Pepper) and the heart of Natalka (Samantha Barks.) Yuri finds his life changed forever with the invasion of the Red Army and the subsequent persecution of his family and fellow countrymen as Stalin’s regime of terror extends across Eastern Europe.
The Devil’S Harvest also features Tamer Hassan (Dracula), Aneurin Barnard (The White Queen...
- 2/5/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Max Irons and Samantha Barks are currently shooting The Devil’s Harvest, in production in the Ukraine.
The epic love story and family drama is set in 1930s Ukraine, when an artist born to Cossack warriors struggles to win the approval of his family and the love of his life.
George Mendeluk directs and also produces with Jay Gazeley. Ian Ihnatowycz and Richard Bachynsky Hoover serve as executive producers.
Richard Bachynsky Hoover and George Mendeluk wrote the screenplay, based on Hoover’s story.
The cast also includes Tamer Hassan, Aneurin Barnard and Tom Austen.
The epic love story and family drama is set in 1930s Ukraine, when an artist born to Cossack warriors struggles to win the approval of his family and the love of his life.
George Mendeluk directs and also produces with Jay Gazeley. Ian Ihnatowycz and Richard Bachynsky Hoover serve as executive producers.
Richard Bachynsky Hoover and George Mendeluk wrote the screenplay, based on Hoover’s story.
The cast also includes Tamer Hassan, Aneurin Barnard and Tom Austen.
- 11/15/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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