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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.

2012 |2h 5m |  Drama, History

Videos

Cast

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Laura Birn

Aliide Truu (young)

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Liisi Tandefelt

Aliide Truu (old)

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Amanda Pilke

Zara

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Peter Franzén

Hans Pekk

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Kristjan Sarv

Pasha

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Krista Kosonen

Ingel

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Tommi Korpela

Martin Truu

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Sonja Nüganen

Linda (10 years)

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Tomi Salmela

Militia

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Jaanika Arum

Katia

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Jarmo Mäkinen

Lavrenti

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Petteri Pennilä

Andrei

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Taavi Eelmaa

Jaan Berg

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Anne Reemann

Mother

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Reino Nordin

Forest Brother

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Kristo Viiding

Forest Brother

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Tanel Ingi

Forest Brother

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Meelis Rondo

Forest Brother

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Eero Spriit

Militia

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Sten Zupping

Militia

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Oleg Rogatchov

Militia

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Juri Zhilin

Militia

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Marta Vaarik

Victim of Human Trading

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Katariina Kabel

Victim of Human Trading

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Ester Pajusoo

Midwife

More Details

Status

Released

Language

Finnish

Budget

$3,100,000.00

Revenue

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