
The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine
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.
- Year: 2020
- Country: France, Ireland
- Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
- Studio: RTÉ, Create One, ARTE, Tyrone Productions, UCC
- Keyword: based on novel or book, irish great potato famine (1845-52), irish history
- Director: Ruán Magan
- Cast: Liam Neeson