September 24, 1966 · 59 years old

One night, Magda accidentally discovers the body of a murdered woman wearing a necklace shaped like the letter "W"--which is identical to the one Magda's long-lost friend Weronika possessed.

During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come ...

An estranged father and son are brought together by a young crane named Karl as they trace a family of the birds on their migratory journey from Russia to Africa.