Within the Whirlwind

Within the Whirlwind

2009 · 110 min · ★ 5.0 · Drama

During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come back to life.

Directed by Marleen Gorris · Written by Eugenia Ginzburg

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