The picture tells about the mass famine that swept 35 provinces of Soviet Russia with a total population of about 90 million people in the early 1920s. The Volga region, Ukraine, Bashkiria, Kazakhstan and Western Siberia suffered the most. The film tells not only about this disaster and its causes, but also about how citizens of different countries tried to help the hungry.
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Not even bad in a good way
The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity
Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.
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