The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine

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The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine (2021)

Directed by Ruán Magan

Documentary, History, TV Movie · 1h 31m

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.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Ruán Magan
Writer
Ruán Magan

Details

Release date
2021-08-30
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
France, Ireland
Production
RTÉ, Create One, ARTE, Tyrone Productions, UCC