Drama · Sweden · 1973 · 1h 38m

The First Circle

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Director
Aleksander Ford
Cast
Gunther Malzacher as Gleb Nerzhin Elżbieta Czyżewska as Simochka Peter Steen as Volodin Vera Tschechowa as Clara Ursula Blauth as Dotty Ole Ernst as Doronin
Crew
Władysław Forbert — Director of Photography Carl Lerner — Editor Aleksander Ford — Screenplay Alexandr Solzhenitsyn — Novel Mogens Skot-Hansen — Producer Viggo Bentzon — Production Design
Tagline

There is a special place in hell for the innocent. It is the First Circle.

Synopsis

The story of the life of a political prisoner in a Russian gulag. Based on the book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Key Collaborators
Aleksander Ford Director Władysław Forbert Director of Photography Carl Lerner Editor Aleksander Ford Screenplay Alexandr Solzhenitsyn Novel Mogens Skot-Hansen Producer Viggo Bentzon Production Design Anatol Radzinowicz Production Design
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