The First Circle

The story is 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. Based on the novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

• Director: Gleb Panfilov
• Cast: Dmitriy Pevtsov, Sergei Kariakin, Aleksey Kolubkov, Yana Esipovich, Evgeniy Stychkin, Galina Tyunina, Andrey Smirnov, Lyudmila Porgina