Bitter Harvest
Directed by:
George MendelukCinematography:
Douglas MilsomeComposer:
Benjamin WallfischCast:
Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper, Max Irons, Aneurin Barnard, Terence Stamp, Tom Austen, Tamer Hassan, Richard Brake, Nicholas Aaron, Lucy Brown, William Beck (more)Plots(1)
Based on one of the most overlooked tragedies of the 20th Century, Bitter Harvest is a powerful story of love, honour, rebellion and survival as seen through the eyes of two young lovers caught in the ravages of Joseph Stalin’s genocidal policies against Ukraine in the 1930s. As Stalin advances the ambitions of the burgeoning Soviet Union, a young artist named Yuri (Max Irons) battles to survive famine, imprisonment and torture to save his childhood sweetheart Natalka (Samantha Barks) from the “Holodomor,” (the death-by-starvation program which ultimately killed millions of Ukrainians). Against this tragic backdrop, Yuri escapes from a Soviet prison and joins the anti-Bolshevik resistance movement as he battles to reunite with Natalka and continue the fight for a free Ukraine.
This epic love story brings to light one of the most devastating chapters of modern Europe.
(Becker Film Group)
Soundtracks
Bitter Harvest
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Varese Sarabande
Year: 2017
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 01:05:43
Notes: Limited edition.
| 1. | Rusalka | Benjamin Wallfisch | 04:52 |
| 2. | Portrait | Benjamin Wallfisch | 02:57 |
| 3. | Lake Ritual | Benjamin Wallfisch | 01:08 |
| 4. | Red Star | Benjamin Wallfisch | 01:55 |
| 5. | Free Men | Benjamin Wallfisch | 02:06 |
| 6. | Reign Of Terror | Benjamin Wallfisch | 04:31 |
| 7. | Leaving The Village | Benjamin Wallfisch | 04:05 |
| 8. | Ancestors | Benjamin Wallfisch | 02:15 |
| 9. | Natalka | Benjamin Wallfisch | 02:43 |
| 10. | Kiev | Benjamin Wallfisch | 01:18 |
| 11. | Letter From Home | Benjamin Wallfisch | 01:53 |
| 12. | Sense A Change | Benjamin Wallfisch | 00:57 |
| 13. | Elegy For Ukraine | Benjamin Wallfisch | 02:32 |
| 14. | Gulag | Benjamin Wallfisch | 03:14 |
| 15. | Moonlight | Benjamin Wallfisch | 02:29 |
| 16. | Letter To Yuri | Benjamin Wallfisch | 01:38 |
| 17. | Escape | Benjamin Wallfisch | 01:16 |
| 18. | Women’s Revolt | Benjamin Wallfisch | 01:32 |
| 19. | Orphans | Benjamin Wallfisch | 01:56 |
| 20. | The Icon | Benjamin Wallfisch | 01:53 |
| 21. | Field Ambush | Benjamin Wallfisch | 02:14 |
| 22. | Smila Is My Home | Benjamin Wallfisch | 03:22 |
| 23. | Cossack Prayer | Benjamin Wallfisch | 02:20 |
| 24. | Battle For Ivan | Benjamin Wallfisch | 02:17 |
| 25. | Phoenix | Benjamin Wallfisch | 01:50 |
| 26. | River | Benjamin Wallfisch | 03:50 |
| 27. | In Memoriam | Benjamin Wallfisch | 01:12 |
| 28. | Bitter Harvest | Benjamin Wallfisch | 01:28 |