One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Part 2 of 10)

Caspar Wrede's profoundly stark and bleak yet rarely seen adaptation of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's classic novel.

Released in 1970, the film faithfully presents a single day in the life of Ivan Denisovich - superbly portrayed by Tom Courtenay - who is serving a ten year prison sentence in one of Soviet Russia's infamous Siberian gulags.

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Film & Animation

[marklingard9]

ive been trying to see ths film for years, thank you

[grundik1]

As, Shalamov once accurately pointed out to Solzhenitsin: its unthinkable to see a cat roaming so freely in the camp, - it would have been eaten a first sight. My uncle was in the same camp as Solzhenitsin, at the same time, and he tell a bit of a different story.

[twobluehorses]

@ChildishxCharm It would be interesting to know what Solzhenitsyn thought of this film. But even though this wasn't mean to be a documentary I suspect it does give a sense of what a bleak world this was. A good effort at filming one of my favorite novels.

[twobluehorses]

@jumperjill Just a guess but Courtney would have had to strip to the waist to do that and shirtless I'm supposing he would have looked too healthy to be a prisoner.

[twobluehorses]

@rusetrusk Since this wasn't an American made movie your second comment is irrelevant. Without explaining why it's "nonsens" (sic) your first comment is as meaningless as a small fart in a hurricane.

[jumperjill]

The book says he puts the thermometer in his armpit.

[ChildishxCharm]

I wonder how accurate this is though.

[Marat9043]

In movie looks like sanatorium, very relaxed air...

[21a45]

Auschwitz was hell compared to this

[rusetrusk]

dis film is nonsens.amerikan can not make dis kind of movies.

[Arelak]

Where did you find a copy of this film?

[unclejuniorsoprano]

10 days in a cell is a death sentence. If the guards came up short 1 zek, they would have to replace that missing zek with one of their own. I would think the zeks would kill such a guard. I don't quite understand that part of it. If the guards are Jews who created the gulags, why would any of them end up a zek? Who would decide which guard has to take the place of the missing zek?