The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine backdrop

The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine 2020

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.

Production Countries France , Ireland
Language English
Spoken Language English
Production Companies ARTE , RTÉ , Tyrone Productions , Create One , UCC
Release Date 6 March 2020
91 mins