Purgatory(1998)

Purgatory is a war film set during the January 1995 siege of Grozny, Chechnya, following the brutal battle for control of a hospital building. Russian Army forces clash with Chechen rebels, Arabian mujahideen, and international mercenaries in a conflict that tests the limits of survival and morality. Though the narrative is fictional, the characters draw from real-life prototypes and the events weave together documented incidents from the First Chechen War's devastating urban combat. The film captures the chaos and human cost of one of the conflict's most intense engagements, where soldiers and civilians become entangled in a struggle with no clear victors.