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Within the Whirlwind is a 2009 German film directed by Marleen Gorris and based on the autobiographical book Journey into the Whirlwind by Yevgenia Ginzburg. It stars Emily Watson and Pam Ferris. Watson has described the film as "the most stretching thing I’ve done as a mature actress."
Jan 1, 2001 · More contemplative in tone and content than Journey into the Whirlwind, but retaining Ginzburg's striking blend of understatement and frankness, Within the Whirlwind chronicles the darkest days of her imprisonment in the Kolyma camps, her subsequent exile, and her eventual rehabilitation.
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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.
- Marleen Gorris
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- Emily Watson
- 110 min
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 ...
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- Emily Watson
- Marleen Gorris
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Nov 5, 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.
Feb 9, 2010 · Within the Whirlwind. Like "Antonia's Line" and "Mrs. Dalloway," Dutch helmer Marleen Gorris' latest cinematic paean to female fortitude places a strong woman at the flashpoint of historical...