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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
1970 · Film · 105 min
Directed by Casper Wrede
Fly-on-the-wall treatment of an ordinary day in the life of a prisoner in Stalin's Gulag. Closely adapted from Solzhenitsyn's classic novel based on his own experiences. Shot entirely on location in northern Norway
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There is a recent (2009) edition of the same book titled In the First Circle which includes chapters which were removed for the first edition (The First Circle, published 1968). Anyone interested in the title should also consider listening to the two EconTalk podcast episodes relating to the book.
http://www.econtalk.org/kevin-mckenna-on-solzhenitsyn-the-soviet-union-and-in-the-first-circle/
http://www.econtalk.org/kevin-mckenna-on-characters-plot-and-themes-of-in-the-first-circle/
Also, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is a much shorter, more easily digested, novel by Solzhenitsyn.