The First Circle (2006)

Original title

В круге первом

Directed by

Gleb Panfilov

Genre

drama

Country

Russia

Length

1 season, 10 episodes

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in a Soviet prison camp, the series follows scientists and political prisoners forced to work on government projects. It shows their daily struggles and moral compromises under a harsh regime.

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What happens

The First Circle (Russian: В круге первом, V kruge pervom) is a 2006 Russian miniseries directed by Gleb Panfilov, with ten 44-minute episodes. It is based on The First Circle, the novel written by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn based on his experiences in Joseph Stalin's Gulag. The series was first broadcast in the Russia on Telekanal Rossiya on January 29, 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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