Emily watson and pam ferris star in the critically acclaimed drama based on the remarkable true story of writer eugenia ginzburg. German drama based on true events in which russian author eugenia ginzburg emily watson is sentenced to serve 18 years in a forced labour camp after being accused of being a part of a counter revolutionary trotskyist group and working against communism. She protests her innocence despite ruthless interrogations and unfair trials and is distraught when her party member card is revoked. When the camps begin to take their toll and leave eugenia emaciated, she must fight for her own life until she is released from the gulag system in february 1949, when she secretly begins to compose her memoirs in secret. No. Discs   1 dvdcert erunning time   1 hr 30release date   22 jan 2018