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The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine

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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…

DirectorRuán Magan
WriterRuán Magan

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Cast · Directed by Ruán Magan

LNLiam Neeson
Liam Neeson
Self - Narrator (voice)

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