Within the Whirlwind

Overview

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.

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