Purge

Purge

125 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 7, 2012

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.

Purge

125 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 7, 2012

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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Taska Film, Solar Films
Original title Puhdistus
Directors Antti J. Jokinen
Writers Sofi Oksanen, Antti J. Jokinen, Marko Leino

Cast

Laura Birn

as Aliide Truu (Young)

Liisi Tandefelt

as Aliide Truu (Old)

Amanda Pilke

as Zara

Peter Franzén

as Hans Pekk

Kristjan Sarv

as Pasha

Krista Kosonen

as Ingel

Tommi Korpela

as Martin Truu

Sonja Nüganen

as Linda

Kaisa Kaljusaar

as Linda (4 years)

Laura Kiis

as Linda (Newborn)

Tomi Salmela

as Militia

Panu Vauhkonen

as Tall Man

Jaanika Arum

as Katia

Jarmo Mäkinen

as Lavrenti

Petteri Pennilä

as Andrei

Sergei Enkvist

as Leather Jacket Man

Taavi Eelmaa

as Jaan Berg

Anne Reemann

as Mother

Elmo Nüganen

as Father

Reino Nordin

as Forest Brother

Madis Ristimägi

as Forest Brother

Kristo Viiding

as Forest Brother

Tanel Ingi

as Forest Brother

Meelis Rondo

as Forest Brother

Eero Spriit

as Militia

Sten Zupping

as Militia

Oleg Rogatchov

as Militia

Juri Shilin

as Militia

Taavi Väinola

as Militia

Iiris Laaneoks

as Victim of Human Trading

Cärol-Liis Metsla

as Victim of Human Trading

Marta Vaarik

as Victim of Human Trading

Kairi Järva

as Victim of Human Trading

Katariina Kabel

as Victim of Human Trading

Ester Pajusoo

as Midwife

Madis Karu

as Tall Man's Friend

Pia Piltz

as Girl at the Wedding

Maria Avdyushko

as Rosewood Widow (uncredited)