Famine Movies

When a stranded soldier shows up on a peasant family’s doorstep pleading for shelter, they take him in on account of their religious values. However,...

Tells the story of the tragic events in Ukraine in 1932-33, the genocidal Great Famine or the Holodomor, and one Welshman's attempts to tell the world...

When the son of the owner of a woollen mill learns of the plight of the starving Jews in Russia he sets about raising money to ease their suffering....

Swedish documentary from 1977. The film is about the last starvation year in Sweden, the emergency year 1867 in Ångermanland. It is a story about peop...

Fear and superstition take hold of a young family during a time of great hunger in 1879 Ireland.