In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The First Circle (named after Dante's Inferno), a special incarceration unit near Moscow where they could work for the government.

Directed by: Sheldon Larry
Written by: Marcel Jullian & M. Charles Cohen
Release date: 1992-02-25
Runtime: 180 minutes
Cast:
Robert Powell Robert Powell
Gleb Nershin 
Dominic Raacke Dominic Raacke
Nikolaj Schtschagow 
Günther Maria Halmer Günther Maria Halmer
Wladimir Tschelnow 
David Hewlett David Hewlett
'Ruska' Rostislav 
Raf Vallone Raf Vallone
Pyotr Makaraguine