The First Circle | |
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Genre | Thriller |
Based on | In the First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |
Screenplay by | M. Charles Cohen |
Directed by | Sheldon Larry |
Starring | Victor Garber Christopher Plummer F. Murray Abraham Robert Powell |
Music by | Gabriel Yared |
Country of origin | Canada France |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Claude Héroux |
Production locations | Montreal Moscow Paris |
Cinematography | Ron Orieux |
Editor | Debra Karen |
Running time | 180 minutes |
Release | |
Original release | 1992 |
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