Mr. Jones

2DORSS15
Director:Agnieszka Holland
Cast:James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle
Premiere:5. November 2021
Length:118 minutes
Genre:Thriller, Drama, Biographical

Mr. Jones

Obywatel Jones; Agnieszka Holland, 2019, versions: OR,SS, languages: eng, ukr, rus

European Cinema Night 2022

Director: Agnieszka Holland • Cast: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle, Michalina Olszańska, Kenneth Cranham, Celyn Jones, Beata Poźniak Daniels, Richard Elfyn, Patrycja Volny, Krzysztof Pieczyński, Jakiv Tkačenko, Oleh Drač

A young journalist Gareth Jones is getting ready for a major topic - a fast modernization of the Soviet Union. He is on his way to Moscow to an interview with Stalin. There, he meets a british journalist Ada Brooks, who reveals to him that the truth about the Stalinist regime is brutally suppressed by the Soviet censors. After Jones hears about the serious famine in the USSR, he gets on his way alone across the Ukraine. He witnesses the tragedy of the ukrainian famine and writes about it upon his return to London. The publication is suppressed and the authenticity is ridiculed by the Western journalists who still are under the power of Kremlin. Despite the death threats Gareth keeps on his fight for the truth. His plan is to share his revelations with a young, aspiring writer - George Orwell.

Length: 118 min

Year: 2019
Local premiere date: 5. November 2021

Country of origin:

  • United Kingdom
  • Poland
  • Ukraine

Language version:

OR - Original version (english, ukrainian, russian)
SS - Slovak subtitles

European Cinema Night 2022

Director: Agnieszka Holland • Cast: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle, Michalina Olszańska, Kenneth Cranham, Celyn Jones, Beata Poźniak Daniels, Richard Elfyn, Patrycja Volny, Krzysztof Pieczyński, Jakiv Tkačenko, Oleh Drač

A young journalist Gareth Jones is getting ready for a major topic - a fast modernization of the Soviet Union. He is on his way to Moscow to an interview with Stalin. There, he meets a british journalist Ada Brooks, who reveals to him that the truth about the Stalinist regime is brutally suppressed by the Soviet censors. After Jones hears about the serious famine in the USSR, he gets on his way alone across the Ukraine. He witnesses the tragedy of the ukrainian famine and writes about it upon his return to London. The publication is suppressed and the authenticity is ridiculed by the Western journalists who still are under the power of Kremlin. Despite the death threats Gareth keeps on his fight for the truth. His plan is to share his revelations with a young, aspiring writer - George Orwell.

Year: 2019
Local premiere date: 5. November 2021

Country of origin:

  • United Kingdom
  • Poland
  • Ukraine

Language version:

OR - Original version (english, ukrainian, russian)
SS - Slovak subtitles