Movie·2012·2h 5m
Purge
Love, Deception, Sacrifice
Country
Estonia
Language
Finnish
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The Story
Original title: Puhdistus
Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isolated house. One night, she finds a young woman in her yard – Zara has just escaped from the claws of the Russian mafia that held her as a sex slave. Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in unearthing each other’s motives and gradually their stories merge into one, revealing the tragedy of a family during the cruelest years in Estonian history.
Written By
Marko Leino
Producer
Sofi Oksanen, Markus Selin
Cinematography
Rauno Ronkainen
Music
Tuomas Kantelinen
Editor
Kimmo Taavila
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
62 votes
Where to watch
Region: GB
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// cast
Cast
Laura Birn
Aliide Truu (young)
Liisi Tandefelt
Aliide Truu (old)
Amanda Pilke
Zara
Peter Franzén
Hans Pekk
Kristjan Sarv
Pasha
Krista Kosonen
Ingel
Tommi Korpela
Martin Truu
Sonja Nüganen
Linda (10 years)
Kaisa Kaljusaar
Linda (4 years)
Laura Kiis
Linda (newborn)
Tomi Salmela
Militia
Panu Vauhkonen
Tall Man
Jaanika Arum
Katia
Jarmo Mäkinen
Lavrenti
Petteri Pennilä
Andrei
Sergei Enkvist
Leather Jacket Man
Taavi Eelmaa
Jaan Berg
Anne Reemann
Mother
// crew
Crew
Sofi Oksanen
Executive Producer
Antti J. Jokinen
Director, Screenplay
Marko Leino
Screenplay
Markus Selin
Producer
Jukka Helle
Producer
Rauno Ronkainen
Director of Photography
Tuomas Kantelinen
Original Music Composer
Kimmo Taavila
Editor
Maria Avdjuško
Producer
Kristian Taska
Producer
Kristjan Rahu
Executive Producer
Lone Korslund
Executive Producer
Jesse Fryckman
Executive Producer
Tor Jonasson
Executive Producer
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