Film
Within the Whirlwind
Germany · Belgium · Poland- Director
- Marleen Gorris
- Year
- 2009
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
Jimmy Yuill
Siderov
Pearce Quigley
Yelvov
Monica Dolan
Pitkowskaya
Pam Ferris
Genia's mother
Agata Buzek
Lena
Lena Stolze
Greta
Torsten Münchow
Heinz Lieven
Old Vlady
Dirk Moritz
Man in Hospital
Nick Dong-Sik
Confucius
Maria Mamona
Beata Fudalej
Maria Seweryn
Directed by
Marleen Gorris
Written by
Eugenia Ginzburg, Nancy Larson
Produced by
Christine Ruppert
