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The First Circle

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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Cast & Crew See All

Laurent Malet
Innokenty Volodin
F. Murray Abraham
Joseph Staline
Christopher Plummer
Viktor Abakumov

Awards

  • 1992 - Gemini - Best Dramatic Mini-Series - nominated
  • 1992 - Gemini - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - nominated
  • 1992 - Gemini - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - nominated
  • 1992 - Gemini - Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - nominated