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The First Circle

The First Circle

19923h 0mFilm

Thriller TV Movie

50

5.0(8)

In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The First Circle (named after Dante's Inferno), a special incarceration unit near Moscow where they could work for the government.

Top Cast

Laurent Malet

Laurent Malet

Innokenty Volodin

F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham

Stalin

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Viktor Abakumov

Robert Powell

Robert Powell

Gleb Nershin

Victor Garber

Victor Garber

Lew Rubin

Dominic Raacke

Dominic Raacke

Nikolaj Schtschagow

Günther Maria Halmer

Günther Maria Halmer

Wladimir Tschelnow

Coraly Zahonero

Coraly Zahonero

Clara Makaraguine

Heath Lamberts

Heath Lamberts

Major Shikin

David Hewlett

David Hewlett

'Ruska' Rostislav

Alexandra Stewart

Alexandra Stewart

Aletvina Makaraguine

Raf Vallone

Raf Vallone

Pyotr Makaraguine

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

Riyumin

Daniel Emilfork

Daniel Emilfork

Nikol

Corinne Touzet

Corinne Touzet

Nadia Nerzhin

Valéria Cavalli

Valéria Cavalli

Dottnara Volodine

Raymond Cloutier

Raymond Cloutier

Grigory Adamson

Ali Giron

Serafima Vitalyevna

Pascal Greggory

Pascal Greggory

Arthur Siromaka

Danute Kristo

Nina

Details

Director: Sheldon Larry
Status: Released
Release: 1992-02-25
Runtime: 3h 0m
Budget: —
Revenue: —
Language: EN
Score: 50%

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