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Purgatory

Name: Purgatory
Director: Aleksandr Nevzorov
Genre: War, TV Movie, Action
Released: 1998-03-23
Duration: 120 min
Cast: Aleksandr Baranov, Aleksandr Makarov, Dmitriy Nagiev, Sergey Rost, Aleksandr Shekhtel

1998 · 2h 0m · War, TV Movie, Action

Skip it. A TV movie about a brutal siege with no critical backing and fictional characters based on real events sounds like it's trying to have it both ways—neither fully committed history nor compelling drama. Without strong reviews or a recognizable director to vouch for it, there's no reason to spend your evening on this middling war film when better options exist.

Plot

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.

Director: Aleksandr Nevzorov

Cast: Aleksandr Baranov, Aleksandr Makarov, Dmitriy Nagiev, Sergey Rost, Aleksandr Shekhtel

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