Hell, Or A Dossier Against Oneself (1989)

8.0/10 143 min Drama

Overview

In 1948, a young director, Viktor Kostrov, is arrested after being denounced by his lover’s father. Beria’s inquisition, the horrors of camp life, and the vengeance of criminals form the grim backdrop for the story’s characters: a sadistic warden, a camp boss, Viktor’s terrified fiancée, and her father, an NKVD officer. Based on the autobiographical story by Gennady Beglov.

Cast

Dmitriy Komov

Irina Komova

Yelena Tochyonova

Nikolai Rudik

Viktor Mikheev

Mikhail Starodubov

Yuri Belyayev

Aleksandr Lykov

Irina Sabanova

Anatoli Zhuravlyov

Stanislav Sokolov

Igor Kopylov

Anatoly Zhuravin

Victor Adeev

Vladimir Karpenko

Viktor Kolpakov

Yuriy Pomogaev

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