Within the Whirlwind

Within the Whirlwind
Within the Whirlwind
Directed by	Marleen Gorris
Written by	Nancy Larson
Starring	Emily Watson
Release dates	September 18, 2009 (Gdynia Polish Film Festival); May 5, 2011 (Germany);
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	English

Within the Whirlwind is a 2009 film directed by Marleen Gorris and based on the book by Yevgenia Ginzburg. It stars Emily Watson and Pam Ferris.^[1] Watson has described the film as "the most stretching thing I’ve done as a mature actress."^[2]

Plot[]

During Joseph Stalin's Great Purge, literature professor Yevgenia Ginzburg is falsely convicted of anti-Soviet agitation and sentenced to 10 years hard labor in a Soviet forced labour camp. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets Dr. Anton Walter (Ulrich Tukur), a Crimea German political prisoner who is a camp doctor in Kolyma. He recommends her for a position as a nurse in the camp infirmary. They fall in love and, slowly, Evgenia begins to come back to life.

Cast[]

Emily Watson as Yevgenia Ginzburg
Pam Ferris as Genia's mother
Ian Hart as Beylin
Ben Miller as Krasny
Ulrich Tukur as Dr. Anton Walter

Distribution[]

As of 2011, Within the Whirlwind has not been picked up for distribution. According to Watson, "It was delivered pretty much the day the market crashed so nobody was buying anything. You have to be very Zen. Walk away and say: 'I have no idea what’s going to happen and it’s not in my hands.’ At the same time you never quite think that's going to happen."^[2]

References[]

External links[]

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[1] ttp://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/within-the-whirlwind-v509053^{[dead link]}

[ew-2] Emily Watson: "I'm a character actor who gets laid."

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