The First Circle

Duration: 180 min
Release date: 1992-02-25
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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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The First Circle

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Laurent Malet
Laurent Malet
as Innokenty Volodin
F. Murray Abraham
F. Murray Abraham
as Stalin
Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer
as Viktor Abakumov
Robert Powell
Robert Powell
as Gleb Nershin
Victor Garber
Victor Garber
as Lew Rubin
Dominic Raacke
Dominic Raacke
as Nikolaj Schtschagow
Günther Maria Halmer
Günther Maria Halmer
as Wladimir Tschelnow
Coraly Zahonero
Coraly Zahonero
as Clara Makaraguine
Heath Lamberts
Heath Lamberts
as Major Shikin
David Hewlett
David Hewlett
as 'Ruska' Rostislav
Alexandra Stewart
Alexandra Stewart
as Aletvina Makaraguine
Raf Vallone
Raf Vallone
as Pyotr Makaraguine
Vernon Dobtcheff
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Riyumin
Daniel Emilfork
Daniel Emilfork
as Nikol
Corinne Touzet
Corinne Touzet
as Nadia Nerzhin
Valéria Cavalli
Valéria Cavalli
as Dottnara Volodine
Raymond Cloutier
Raymond Cloutier
as Grigory Adamson
Ali Giron
Ali Giron
as Serafima Vitalyevna
Pascal Greggory
Pascal Greggory
as Arthur Siromaka
Danute Kristo
Danute Kristo
as Nina
Jennifer Morehouse
Jennifer Morehouse
as Olga
Rebecca Potok
Rebecca Potok
as Alisa Fedorovna
Delphine Rich
Delphine Rich
as Sonia Sologdine
André Rouyer
André Rouyer
as Poskrebychev
Michel Voletti
Michel Voletti
as Alexei Velakovsky
Valery Volf
Valery Volf
as Russian Officer
Gildor Roy
Gildor Roy
as Shusterman
Robert Joy
Robert Joy
as Yakonov
Murray Gronwall
Murray Gronwall
as Oskolupov
Louis Negin
Louis Negin
as Andrei Potapov
Vlasta Vrana
Vlasta Vrana
as Principal I. Gerasimovich
Don Francks
Don Francks
as Spiridon
Christopher Thompson
Christopher Thompson
as Alexei Lansky
Marc de Jonge
Marc de Jonge
as Roitman
Jack Langedijk
Jack Langedijk
as Nedelashine
Tony Lo Bianco
Tony Lo Bianco
as Nikolai Galakhov
Stephane Zarov
Stephane Zarov
as Boris
David Francis
David Francis
as Dof
Kliment Denchev
Kliment Denchev
as Kliment
Ian MacDonald
Ian MacDonald
as Chief Sergeant
Alexandra Gonin
Alexandra Gonin
as Olenka
Isabelle Jacquession
Isabelle Jacquession
as Lyuda
Alexandra Ehrlich
Alexandra Ehrlich
as Zhenka
Robert Higden
Robert Higden
as Kagan
Yan Brian
Yan Brian
as Driver
Philippe Jutteau
Philippe Jutteau
as Mechanic
Anne Gautier
Anne Gautier
as Dinera
Stefan Elbaum
Stefan Elbaum
as
Denis Hecker
Denis Hecker
as
David Hemblen
David Hemblen
as
Henry Czerny
Henry Czerny
as man in phonebooth (uncredited)
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