The First Circle(1992)
Synopsis
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.
Directed by Sheldon Larry
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Cast
Laurent Malet
Innokenty Volodin
F. Murray Abraham
Stalin
Christopher Plummer
Viktor Abakumov
Robert Powell
Gleb Nershin
Victor Garber
Lew Rubin
Dominic Raacke
Nikolaj Schtschagow
Günther Maria Halmer
Wladimir Tschelnow
Coraly Zahonero
Clara Makaraguine
Heath Lamberts
Major Shikin
David Hewlett
'Ruska' Rostislav
Alexandra Stewart
Aletvina Makaraguine
Raf Vallone
Pyotr Makaraguine
Vernon Dobtcheff
Riyumin
Daniel Emilfork
Nikol
Corinne Touzet
Nadia Nerzhin
Valéria Cavalli
Dottnara Volodine
Raymond Cloutier
Grigory Adamson
Ali Giron
Serafima Vitalyevna
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The First Circle was released in 1992.
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The First Circle runs for 180 minutes (3 hours).
Who directed The First Circle?+
The First Circle was directed by Sheldon Larry.
Who stars in The First Circle?+
The First Circle stars Laurent Malet, F. Murray Abraham, Christopher Plummer, Robert Powell and Victor Garber.
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