Purification
1990, Russian. Directed by Dmitri Shinkarenko.
The film is based on the story by L. Andreev "The Life of Vasily of Thebes" about the fate of the village priest Vasily, who, after going through a great many misfortunes, renounces God in order to regain his true faith through even greater grief.
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 1 January 1990
- Original title
- Очищение
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Dmitri Shinkarenko
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Purification runs 86 minutes (1h 26m).
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Purification isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1990. (Checked 4 November 2026.)
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Who directed Purification?
Purification (1990) was directed by Dmitri Shinkarenko and stars Aleksandr Baluev, Anna Kamenkova, Vladimir Treshchalov.