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Purgatory

Purgatory

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 23, 1998

Runtime

2h 0m

Genres

War, TV Movie, Action

User Score

53%

Original Title

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Director

Aleksandr Nevzorov

Description

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.