The actors of Purgatory performed a difficult task in 1997, recreating on the screen the tragic events of the storming of Grozny, which took place in the winter of 1994-1995. This was the very beginning of the First Chechen War. The film was directed by directors Alexander Nevzorov and Mikhail Ermolov, it was made in a naturalistic manner, it has many cruel scenes of violence. Almost all screen time is occupied by military operations shot in a pseudo-documentary style.
Movie making
Among the actors of "Purgatory" there were many famous personalities. These are Victor Stepanov, Sergey Titivin, Dmitry Nagiev.
The picture was shot on the territory of the destroyed tuberculosis hospital in Sestroretsk and in St. Petersburg.
Plot
The plot focuses on battles for a city hospital located in Grozny. She is busy with Russian units, led by Colonel Vitaly Suvorov.
On January 4, 1995, a detachment of Chechen fighters led by Dukuz Israpilov surrounded a medical institution and began its assault. On the side of the Chechens there are many mercenaries and volunteers. These are Arabs, Afghan Mujahideen, African-Americans, snipers from the Baltic states, nationalists from Ukraine.
The situation of the federals is significantly complicated due to the lack of communication with other parts that could come to the rescue. A group of intelligence officers from the GRU special forces still breaks through to Suvorov. The confrontation ends in a fierce battle.
Victor Stepanov
In "Purgatory" actor Viktor Stepanov plays a major role. He is a guard colonel, chief of staff of the 131st separate motorized rifle brigade.
Stepanov has the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, which was awarded to him in 1987. He made his film debut in 1978 in the tape of Vadim Gauzner's "Comedy of Errors."
In total, he accounted for several dozens of roles, including Alexander Proshkin’s historical and biographical drama “Mikhailo Lomonosov”, Vitaliy Melnikov’s comedy “The Last Affair of Varenyi”, historical and biographical drama of Vladimir Krasnopolsky and Valery Usov “Ermak”, Vitaly Melnikov’s film “Alexei Tsarevich” "
Dmitriev Nagiev and Sergey Rost
Among the actors of the film "Purgatory" was a couple of artists, better known for joint comedy works. In this picture, they appear in unusual roles.
Sergei Titivin, known under the creative pseudonym Rost, plays the operator-gunner of the only surviving Russian T-80 tank Bogdan Klets. Many critics and viewers noted that in "Purgatory" the actors in the roles they perform look as organic as possible.
Sergey Rost is a native of Leningrad. He was born in 1965. It is interesting that his parents named him in honor of Yesenin. He began to collaborate with Dmitry Nagiyev on the radio "Modern". The comedy program "Caution, Art Nouveau!" Which began to air in 1996 brought them great popularity. From 2001 to 2004 he was one of the main actors of the project "Caution, Modern 2!".
It ended with a scandal. The duet broke up. According to one version, Nagiyev did not want to raise Rostov's salary, but according to another, he proposed to remain only a screenwriter, which he did not agree to.
Since 2005, lives and works in Moscow. He speaks at corporate parties, worked as an entertainer, leading on television. One of the owners of the strip-bar "Badger". Many acted in films and television. For example, only in 2018 he played in the adventure drama by Dmitry Suvorov, “The First”, in the comedy of Alexander Boykov “Just Not They,” the sitcom “Deffchonki 6”.
The second participant in this humorous duet of the mid-1990s, Dmitry Nagiev. This actor in "Purgatory" played the Chechen field commander Dukuz Israpilov, who had once worked as a surgeon in the city hospital of Grozny.
Nagiev is another native of Leningrad. He was born in 1967. Graduate of the State Institute of Music, Theater and Cinematography. He began his musical career on the radio "Modern".
He had many other famous projects after the breakup with Sergey Rostov. This is "Home", "Windows", "Big Race", "Voice", starred in the series "Kitchen".
The actors who played other characters organically corresponded to their roles in the film "Purgatory". The image of Captain Ivan on the screen was embodied by Ivan Ganzha; Lieutenant Igor Grigorashchenko - Roman Zhilkin; a group of commandos - Vyacheslav Burlachko, Alexey Gushchin and Alexander Baranov; federal forces sniper Pavel Naryshkin - Georgy Antonov; the foreman of the federal troops - Vladimir Belov.