The First Circle (1973)

Original title

Den første kreds

Directed by

Aleksander Ford

Genre

drama film, prison film

Country

Germany, Denmark, Sweden

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of scientists and intellectuals are held in a Soviet prison camp where they work on a top-secret project. They face moral dilemmas and psychological pressure as they try to survive their harsh confinement.

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What happens

The First Circle (Danish: Den første kreds) is a 1973 English-language drama film directed by Aleksander Ford and starring Gunther Malzacher. It is an adaptation of the novel In the First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The film was a co-production between Danish and West German companies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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