Within the Whirlwind (2009)

Directed by

Marleen Gorris

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, Poland, France

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman endures years in Soviet labor camps after being wrongly convicted as a political prisoner. She struggles to survive and maintain her humanity in brutal conditions.

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What happens

Within the Whirlwind is a 2009 German film directed by Marleen Gorris and based on the autobiographical book Journey into the Whirlwind by Yevgenia Ginzburg. It stars Emily Watson and Pam Ferris. Watson has described the film as "the most stretching thing I’ve done as a mature actress." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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