The First Circle 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. Details Casts Posters Title The First Circle Release Date 1992-02-25 Runtime 03 Hours 00 Minutes Genres Thriller TV Movie Production Companies Technisonor Production Countries France, United States of America Robert Powell... Gleb Nershin... Dominic Raacke... Nikolaj Schtschagow... Günther Maria Halmer... Wladimir Tschelnow... F. Murray Abraham... Stalin... David Hewlett... 'Ruska' Rostislav... Raf Vallone... Pyotr Makaraguine... Original Size (500x750) Original Size (537x750)