Mr. Jones

A young journalist, Gareth Jones, is getting ready to tackle a big story - a rapid modernisation of the Soviet Union. He goes to Moscow to do an interview with Stalin. There he meets a British journalist, Ada Brooks, and thanks to her he discovers that the truth about the Stalinist regime is brutally muffled by Soviet censors. On hearing gossip about a great famine in the USSR, Jones sets out on a lonely journey through Ukraine. He witnesses the tragedy of Holodomor and describes it after his return to London. The publication is silenced and its authenticity is questioned by Western journalists who remain under pressure from the Kremlin. Despite death threats Gareth continues his fight for the truth. He decides to share his discoveries with a young, aspiring writer - George Orwell.

Credits

Reżyseria

Agnieszka Holland

written by Andrea Chalupa

director of photography

Tomasz Naumiuk

music Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz

production design Grzegorz Piątkowski

costume design Aleksandra Staszko

make-up Janusz Kaleja

sound Marcin Matlak edited by Michał Czarnecki

casting by Colin Jones

cast Vanessa Kirby, James Norton, Fenella Woolgar, Michalina Olszańska, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle, Kenneth Cranham, Krzysztof Pieczyński, Patrycja Volny

production

Film Produkcja

producers

Stanisław Dziedzic, Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Andrea Chalupa

co-produced by Parkhurst, Film UA, Crab Apple Films, Studio Produkcyjne Orka, Kino Świat, Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, Instytucja Filmowa Silesia Film

executive producer

Bogna Szewczyk

production manager

Tomasz Morawski co-financed by Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Ukrainian State Film Agency, Creative Scotland, BFI Film Fund

distributed by

Kino Świat

Obsada

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