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A BBC television adaptation of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novel. The prisoner Nemov is an honest man serving a term of 10 years for violations of Article 58. Nemov falls in love with Lyuba, who is having sex with the camp doctor Mereshchun, in exchange for better food and living conditions.
46 Cast Members
David Leland
Nemov
Gabrielle Lloyd
Lyuba
Richard Durden
Khomich
Patrick Stewart
Gurvich
Allan Surtees
Brylov
Michael Poole
Yakhimchuk
Barry Jackson
Gai
John Kane
Chegenyov
Barbara Hickmott
Granya
Theresa Watson
Shurochka
Alan Gerrard
Kolodey
Terence Davies
Kostya
Forbes Collins
Chmuta
John Quarmby
Mereshchun
Jan Conrad
Munitsa
Reg Pritchard
Ovchukhov
Hal Jeayes
Dorofeyev
Malcolm Hayes
Solomon
James Ottaway
Belobotnikov
Arthur Whybrow
Goldtooth
