The First Circle

Name: The First Circle
Genre: Drama
Released: 2006-01-29
Duration: 45 min
Rating: 7.40
Cast: Aleksey Kolubkov, Sergei Kariakin, Evgeniy Mironov, Dmitriy Pevtsov

– A ten-episode television series based on the novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Set in a relatively co..

Type:

TVSeries

Rating:

7.40 / 10

Duration:

45 Minutes

Release Year:

2006

Original Name:

V kruge pervom

The First Circle (2006) - Also known as V kruge pervom

A ten-episode television series based on the novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Set in a relatively comfortable Stalin-era prison in the town of Marfino where a community of prisoners with highly technical skills do research for the state.

Producing Country:

Russia

Filming Locations:

Russia

Genre:

Drama

Release Date:

29 Jan 2006

Language:

Russian

Main Actors:

Aleksey Kolubkov, Sergei Kariakin, Evgeniy Mironov, Dmitriy Pevtsov

Plot:

"V kruge pervom" is a ten-episode TV-series based on the autobiographical book 'The First Circle' by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Film is set in 1949-1950, in Moscow and in a prison-laboratory in the town of Marfino, near Moscow. Gleb Nerzhin (Mironov) is arrested and imprisoned in "Sharashka" in Mafrino, a prison-laboratory for secret research. His life has a value due to his degree in mathematics. He is involved in making a telephone bug, a research program which is supervised by Stalin.

Awards:

4 wins & 3 nominations.

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.5/10

#Josef Stalin

#Espionage

#Prison