Movies: Famine

Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on his benevolence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself....

In a village in the Ardennes, during the German occupation, finding rations is becoming almost impossible. Clovis, an ordinary labourer, decides to cross the occupied zone to bring back enough potatoes to feed his family. His plan is a success but Cl...

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. After raising $100,000, he plans to travel to Russia but is dismayed to find that his father wants h...

A hilarious adventure of a 6-year-old orphan named Joy and a small wooden temple of disciples. During the great famine, the temple was engulfed in conflict and became the center of a martial showdown. Despite the drastic changes in the temple and the...

The cartoon's main character is a girl living in the times of the Famine and personally experiencing all the terrors of this major crime against humanity....

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 what was happening....

The film about the Holodomor famine in Ukraine, based on the novel 'The Yellow Prince' by Vasyl Barka. The film is told through the lives of the Katrannyk family of six. It relies more on images than on words shot in black-and-white....

In a dystopian future, where one ex-government scientist holds the key to ending the nation's famine, only a government investigator can stand in his way. His secret research is threatened when a neighbour reports his suspicious behaviour....

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

Documentary about Winston Churchill and the Bengal famine of 1943....

Nigel, a famished peasant in 18th century England, takes revenge on the aristocrat that deprived him of his livelihood....

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 people who are hurting, but also about efforts from the outside world to help the developing country Swe...

In the grip of a famine, a farmer must provide for his starving family, however his desperation is exploited by a mischievous being, that tempts him with something precious....

The film shows the connection between agricultural overproduction in Europe and hunger in Brazil....

In a time of famine a starving girl and her mother are rescued from the roadside by a stranger. But the stranger has other motives....

In 1315, the Great Famine swept across the land, and a family of farmers are struck with the loss of their son. When the body goes missing, their sanity hangs on by a thread....

Set in 1867, the year of the great famine in Finland. A farmer’s wife sets off on foot through the snow with her two young children towards St. Petersburg....