Purgatory (1998)

Чистилище | Russia

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.

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Director

Aleksandr Nevzorov

Stars

Aleksandr Baranov

Aleksandr Makarov

Dmitriy Nagiev
Dukuz Israpilov

Sergey Rost
Tankist T-80

Aleksandr Shekhtel

Viktor Stepanov
Captain Suvorov

Hande Yılmaz
Yasemin

Ivan Ganzha
Ivan, kapitan

Zed Korshoonoff
Chechen Rebel

Roman Zhilkin

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Keywords

based on true story, mercenary, war, heroism, 1990s, rebel, city ruin, docudrama, dead soldier, mujahid, chechnya, russian army, disembodied head, sadistic violence

Production

Obshchestvennoe Rossiyskoe Televidenie (ORT)

Actor

Aleksandr Baranov, Aleksandr Makarov, Dmitriy Nagiev, Sergey Rost, Aleksandr Shekhtel, Viktor Stepanov, Hande Yılmaz, Ivan Ganzha, Zed Korshoonoff, Roman Zhilkin, Georgiy Antonov, Yakov Petrov, Anton Alekseev, Konstantin Butaev, Nikolay Alekseev, Alexey Uteganov, Aleksandr Glinskiy, Aleksandr Kazakov, Andrey Ivanov, Alexey Vasilyev, Alexandr Antipov, Anton Vinogradov, Roman Klimov, Aleksey Kuzmin, Vladimir Pavlov, Igor Pavlov, Evgeniy Popov, Stanislav Sergeev, Oleg Sokolovskiy, Gennady Makoev, Alexandr Shpynev, Derya Alabora, Sinan Albayrak, Elçin Sangu, Aksel Bonfil, Ozan Dolunay

Creators

Aleksandr Nevzorov (Director), Boris Berezovsky (Supervisor of Production Resources), Yury Pashigorev (Production Design), Viktor Mikhalchenko (Director of Photography), Lyudmila Baranova (Costume Design)

Alternative titles

War Fighter 3 (DE)
Chistilische (RU)
Purgatory (US)
Chistilishche (RU)

Release dates

23.03.1998 (RU)
23.03.1998 (RU)