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  1. Within the Whirlwind 2009 1h 38m Drama Biography List Reviews 47% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Abandoned by her husband, Russian poet Evgenia Ginzburg is sentenced to 10 years of hard labor in the...

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    • Marleen Gorris
    • Drama, Biography
    • Emily Watson
  2. Within the Whirlwind is a portrayal of one woman's experience of being scapegoated and punished for alleged "crimes" she didn't do. Watching the Russian party bosses attempt to destroy Genia Ginzburg's sanity and ultimately her life, one gains insight into what millions of Eastern Europeans and Russians, who weren't brought to German ...

  3. 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."

  4. 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. Full Review | Original ...

  5. Feb 9, 2010 · Based on Evgenia Ginzburg’s memoirs, “Within the Whirlwind” chronicles the high-ranking professor’s fall from grace during the Stalinist purges and her subsequent 10-year incarceration in ...

  6. 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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  8. Feb 12, 2022 · “Within the Whirlwind” doesn’t break much new ground in historical terms or its depiction of the Reign of Terror that the purges were, or in its assessment of how quickly people succumb to inhumanity — in how they treat others, in how they think of themselves.

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