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The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine
The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine
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  2. The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine

The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine

2020
1h 31m
Documentary
History
TV Movie

Status

Released

Release

2020

Runtime

1h 31m

Storyline

Ireland, 1845. When a deadly fungus destroys potato crops throughout northern Europe, the most impoverished Irish population, whose main source of food is precisely the potato, suffers a cruel famine that will cause more than a million deaths and, in the following ten years, the mass exodus of more than two million people.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 31m
Mar 6, 2020
Digital Release
Nov 23, 2021
Languages
English
Director
Ruán Magan
Ruán Magan
Production
RTÉ
RTÉ
Create One
Create One
ARTE
ARTE
Tyrone Productions
Tyrone Productions
UCC
UCC
Production Countries
France
Ireland
Official Website

Top Cast

1 Cast Members

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

Self - Narrator (voice)

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