Within the Whirlwind

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Emily Watson Evgenia Ginzburg

Ulrich Tukur Dr. Anton Walter

Ian Hart Beylin

Benjamin Sadler Pavel

Ben Miller Krasny