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.
Emily Watson
as Evgenia Ginzburg
Ulrich Tukur
as Dr. Anton Walter
Ian Hart
as Beylin
Benjamin Sadler
as Pavel
Ben Miller
as Krasny
Jimmy Yuill
as Siderov
Pearce Quigley
as Yelvov
Monica Dolan
as Pitkowskaya
Pam Ferris
as Genia's mother
Agata Buzek
as Lena
Lena Stolze
as Greta
Torsten Münchow
as
