
Famine-33(Ukrainian:Голод-33,Holod-33)isa1991filmbyOlesYanchukaboutthe1932-33Soviet-engineeredfamineinUkraine,andbasedonthenovelTheYellowPrincebyVasylBarka.ThefilmistoldthroughthelivesoftheKatrannyksfamilyofsix.Itreliesmoreonimagesthanonwordsshotinblack-and-white.<br/> "Inanearlyscene,themembersofanimpoverishedfarmingfamilysolemnlytaketurnsdippingtheirladlesintothesinglebowlofwaterysoupthatistheironlymealoftheday.Laterinthefilm,scoresofvillagersnumbwithdespairandhungerhuddlesilentlyinthepouringrainoutsideaGovernmentofficeuntilatruckloadofarmedsoldiersarrivestodispersethem.Inthemostpoignantscene,alittleboywhohaslosthisparentscallsforhismotherashewanders,panic-stricken,throughasnowywoodlandwherethetreesareoutnumberedbycrossesmarkingthedead."