
The Zone of Interest(2023)
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.


“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 their stories merge into one, revealing the tragedy of a family during the cruelest years in Estonian history.

Laura Birn
Aliide Truu (young)

Liisi Tandefelt
Aliide Truu (old)

Amanda Pilke
Zara

Peter Franzén
Hans Pekk

Kristjan Sarv
Pasha

Krista Kosonen
Ingel

Tommi Korpela
Martin Truu

Sonja Nüganen
Linda (10 years)
Kaisa Kaljusaar
Linda (4 years)
Laura Kiis
Linda (newborn)
Purge is a drama, history film released in 2012 exploring themes of based on novel or book, world war ii, post world war ii, spanning generations. Directed by Antti J. Jokinen, it stars Laura Birn, Liisi Tandefelt, Amanda Pilke. 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 their stories merge into one, revealing the tragedy of a family during the cruelest years in Estonian history.
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