The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine

20201h 31min

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.

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.

Released
March 6, 2020
Runtime
1h 31min
Director
Language
English
Production
RTÉ, Create One, ARTE, Tyrone Productions, UCC
Cast