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The First Circle (1991)
TV Movie | 180 min | Thriller

The First Circle (1991)

TV Movie | 180 min | Thriller

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.

Director

Sheldon Larry

Writers

M. Charles Cohen (adaptation) (teleplay) | Marcel Jullian (adaptation) | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (novel)

Composer

Gabriel Yared

Cinematographer

Ron Orieux

Editor

Debra Karen

Production Designers

Charles L. Dunlop (as Charles Dunlop) | Jean-Michel Hugon

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 27, 1991

Release date

Feb 25, 1992 (France)

Awards

1 win & 4 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
51 cast members

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