Purge 2012
7.1 / 10
Purge
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, and their stories merge into one, revealing the tragedy of a family during the cruelest years in Estonian history.
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, and their stories merge into one, revealing the tragedy of a family during the cruelest years in Estonian history.
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cast
Full Cast & Crew
... Aliide Truu (young)
... Aliide Truu (old)
... Zara
... Hans Pekk
... Pasha
... Ingel
Release Date:
Sep 07, 2012 (Estonia,Finland)
Run Time:
2hr 5`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
Finnish
Production Countries:
Estonia,Finland
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
Purge - Purge
Directors & Credit Writers
... Script Supervisor
... Third Assistant Director
... Director
Cast
... Aliide Truu (young)
... Aliide Truu (old)
... Zara
... Hans Pekk
... Pasha
... Ingel
... Martin Truu
... Linda (10 years)
... Linda (4 years)
LK
Laura Kiis... Linda (newborn)
... Militia
... Tall Man
... Katia
... Lavrenti
... Andrei
... Leather Jacket Man
... Jaan Berg
... Mother
... Father
... Forest Brother
Produced By
... Production Manager
... Executive Producer
... Accountant
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Purge - Purge
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Photos ( 7 )
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