Purgatory (1998)

4.9/10 120 min War TV Movie Action

Overview

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.

Cast

Aleksandr Baranov

Aleksandr Makarov

Dmitriy Nagiev

Dukuz Israpilov

Sergey Rost

Tankist T-80

Aleksandr Shekhtel

Viktor Stepanov

Captain Suvorov

Roman Zhilkin

Yakov Petrov

Anton Alekseev

Nikolay Alekseyev

Alexey Uteganov

Aleksandr Glinskiy

Aleksandr Kazakov

Andrey Ivanov

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