Release Date

01 Jan, 1922

Runtime

00:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A documentary fiction propaganda film about the famine in Ukraine in 1921-1922. Among the causes of the catastrophe, in addition to drought, the film mentions the consequences of revolutionary events. It shows swollen children, destroyed factories and plants, burning villages, dead cattle, and a number of actions aimed at helping the victims: the work of the Commission for the Relief of the Starving under the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee, the organization of feeding stations, workers donating their three-day salary to help the famine victims, etc. The very first film made in Odesa under the auspices of the newly founded VUFKU in nationalized pavilions that until recently belonged to film magnates Kharytonov and Borysov.

Original Title

Голод і боротьба з ним

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Actors

Леонид Чембарский

Oleksandr Malsky

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Vasiliy Averin

Crew

Николай Салтыков

Евгений Славинский

Louis Forestier

Mikhail Kapchinsky