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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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
Director
Agnieszka Holland
Screenplay
Andrea Chalupa
Tagline
"The truth can't be hidden forever"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Revenue
$2,855,316
Production
Film Produkcja, Crab Apple Films, Kinorob, FILM.UA Group, Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, Ukrainian State Film Agency, Orka, Silesia Film, Kino Świat
SWITCH.
February 9, 2020
A taut and stark thriller, one part espionage, one part survival, this is an extremely powerful true story, and one that has generally slipped under the radar. We are lucky that someone as talented as Agnieszka Holland took the helm of 'Mr Jones'. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-mr-jones-a-chilling-true-story
CinemaSerf
February 3, 2024
James Norton delivers really quite well here as the journalist who stumbles upon and exposes one of the worst atrocities of Stalin's Soviet regime. Deep amidst the poverty-stricken Steppe, he gradually becomes aware that the dissolution of the traditional small-holding style of family farm in favour of the creation of potentially more yielding grand scale operations is failing - and failing badly....
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