Purgatory
Purgatory

Movie·1998·2h 0m

Purgatory

Country

Russia

Language

Russian

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The Story

Original title: Чистилище

This is a story about the battle for a hospital building in Grozny (Chechnya) in January 1995 between Russian Army forces and Chechen rebels supported by Arabian mujahideen and international mercenaries. Although the story is fictional, most of the characters are based on real-life prototypes and events are the compilation of true events during the Grozny Siege in the First Chechen War.

Producer

Aleksandr Nevzorov

Cinematography

Viktor Mikhalchenko

Themes

rebelmercenarydead soldierheroismmujahidbased on true storychechnyadisembodied headdocudramarussian army1990s

Audience Score

49%

34 votes

Skip18%
Timepass43%
Go for it29%
Perfection10%

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Cast

Aleksandr Baranov

Aleksandr Baranov

Aleksandr Makarov

Aleksandr Makarov

Dmitriy Nagiev

Dmitriy Nagiev

Dukuz Israpilov

Sergey Rost

Sergey Rost

Tankist T-80

Aleksandr Shekhtel

Aleksandr Shekhtel

Viktor Stepanov

Viktor Stepanov

Captain Suvorov

Ivan Ganzha

Ivan, kapitan

Zed Korshoonoff

Chechen Rebel

Roman Zhilkin

Roman Zhilkin

Georgiy Antonov

Ivan Ganzha

Yakov Petrov

Yakov Petrov

Anton Alekseev

Anton Alekseev

Konstantin Butaev

Nikolay Alekseyev

Nikolay Alekseyev

Alexey Uteganov

Alexey Uteganov

Aleksandr Glinskiy

Aleksandr Glinskiy

Aleksandr Kazakov

Aleksandr Kazakov

// crew

Crew

Aleksandr Nevzorov

Aleksandr Nevzorov

Director, Writer, Producer

Viktor Mikhalchenko

Director of Photography

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