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      Within the Whirlwind

      2009 1 hr. 38 min. Drama Biography List
      Reviews 47% 50+ Ratings Audience Score Abandoned by her husband, Russian poet Evgenia Ginzburg is sentenced to 10 years of hard labor in the Soviet Gulag. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Well acted and moving drama based on the autobiography of a Russian woman's experience in Stalin's gulag system during the "Great Purge" of the mid-twentieth century. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member saw this just by chance on pbs. one of the best films i've seen recently. --Intense and taut with a great performance by one of my favorite actors Emily Watson. How come this has not played in US theaters? Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member this may come out wrong, but for a film about gulag camps in siberia, this film is too good to be true. great performance by emily watson, as always. but mixing poetry with harsh times is definatelly not everyone's cup of tea. feels very sugar-coated at times. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie is well-made, has a very good leading actress, a good soundtrack and it's full of meaning. But it hasn't convinced me too much. The story was just too poor maybe. It's like all the other films that show the shoah. They are sad, they are important because they make you think and remember, but in the end they just push on the feelings topic. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Roger Moore Movie Nation An unjustly ignored gem...Perhaps the finest performance of Emily Watson's career. Rated: 3.5/4 Feb 12, 2022 Full Review Nora Lee Mandel Maven's Nest Epic true story . . .one of few films about women political prisoners in totalitarian states and bonds they share, brutalities they face [though] romance saves her life. Rated: 7/10 Jan 2, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Abandoned by her husband, Russian poet Evgenia Ginzburg is sentenced to 10 years of hard labor in the Soviet Gulag.
      Director
      Marleen Gorris
      Screenwriter
      Nancy Larson
      Production Co
      Tatfilm, Saga Film
      Genre
      Drama, Biography
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 14, 2018
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