The Famine and The Fight Against It
The Famine and The Fight Against It
1922, UK. Directed by Nikolai Saltykov.
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.
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- Language
- UK
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- Released
- 1 January 1922
- Original title
- Голод і боротьба з ним
- Country
- Russia
- Written by
- Mikhail Kapchinsky
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Who directed The Famine and The Fight Against It?
The Famine and The Fight Against It (1922) was directed by Nikolai Saltykov and stars Leonid Chembarsky, Arkadiy Malskiy, Bella Beletskaya.