February 25, 1992
Release Date

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The First Circle (1992)

Name: The First Circle
Genre: Thriller
Released: 1992-02-25

Running Time

February 25, 1992
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Release Date
February 25, 1992

Status
Released

Running Time
3h

Genres
Thriller

Last updated: 2025-02-10

This Movie Is About.

propaganda

war propaganda

political prisoners

Wiki.

The First Circle is a 1992 Canadian-French made-for-television drama film directed by Sheldon Larry, starring Victor Garber, Christopher Plummer, F. Murray Abraham and Robert Powell. It is an adaptation of the novel In the First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

At the 1992 Gemini Awards, the film was awarded the prize for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series. It was also nominated for Best Dramatic Mini-Series, Best Writing, Best Performance by an Actor, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series.