The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine poster

The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine (2020)

Documentary History TV Movie

Overview

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.

Duration

91 min

Rating

⭐ 8.0 / 10

Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 06, 2020

Languages

English

Production

RTÉ, Create One, ARTE, Tyrone Productions, UCC