based on novel or book,world war ii,post world war ii,spanning generations

Purge (2012)

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Love, Deception, Sacrifice

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Antti J. Jokinen
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    Aliide Truu (young) Laura Birn
  • Profile picture of Liisi Tandefelt
    Aliide Truu (old) Liisi Tandefelt
  • Profile picture of Amanda Pilke
    Zara Amanda Pilke
  • Profile picture of Peter Franzén
    Hans Pekk Peter Franzén
  • Profile picture of Kristjan Sarv
    Pasha Kristjan Sarv
  • Profile picture of Krista Kosonen
    Ingel Krista Kosonen
  • Profile picture of Tommi Korpela
    Martin Truu Tommi Korpela
  • Profile picture of Sonja Nüganen
    Linda (10 years) Sonja Nüganen

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • world war ii
  • post world war ii
  • spanning generations