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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   3,085 votes
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Director:

Aleksey Balabanov

Writer:

Aleksey Balabanov (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

8 July 1998 (USA) more

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Music more

Plot:

Danila goes to his older brother to start a new life in Petersburg. His brother is a gangster and a killer... more | add synopsis

Awards:

7 wins & 5 nominations more

NewsDesk:

From Russia, With Sadism
 (From New York Post. 1 January 2009, 10:12 PM, PST)

User Comments:

Painfully realistic, great action and acting more (31 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Sergei Bodrov Jr. ... Danila Bagrov (as Sergei Bodrov)
Viktor Sukhorukov ... Danila's Brother
Svetlana Pismichenko ... Sveta
Mariya Zhukova ... Cat
Yuri Kuznetsov ... Nemets (The German)
Vyacheslav Butusov ... Butusov
Irina Rakshina ... Zinka
Sergei Murzin ... Kruglyj
Anatoli Zhuravlyov ... Nervous Bandit
Igor Shibanov ... Militiaman
Andrey Fyodortsov ... Styopa
Sergei Debizhev ... Himself
Aleksei Sevostyanov
Renat Ibragimov
Vladimir Yermilov
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Брат (Russia)
Brother (USA)
The Brother (UK)
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Runtime:

96 min | USA:99 min

Country:

Russia

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:18 | Sweden:15


Fun Stuff

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When the gangsters break into Danila's girlfriend's apartment, a crew member is visible in the room at the end of the hallway, even though the gangsters say that the apartment is empty. more

Quotes:

Danila: [the gangsters are about to kill the last witness of a double murder. Danila stands in front of the witness] Wait, I'll do it myself. Give me that.
[Snatches a M1911A1 from one of the gangsters]
Danila: Wow,a genuine Colt!
[proceeds to shoot both gangsters]
Danila: .
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Movie Connections:

Followed by Brat 2 (2000) more

Soundtrack:

Lyudi na kholme more


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34 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
Painfully realistic, great action and acting, 19 December 2003
10/10
Author: Borys from Toronto, Canada

I haven't seen a crime movie with action more realistic than that in Brat. This movie emphasizes that when you get shot you can't run as fast as a cheetah unlike the Hollywood films even today. It was a breakthrough picture for Russia's film-making and, in my opinion, a picture that could take on most of American movies of the same or similar genre. You wanna see the way things were done in Russia five years ago? You wanna see cruel reality? You want to see the real criminal side of Russia? See Brat. It isn't only an amazing movie because it is so realistic, the acting is awesome and you won't get bored for sure. Brat 10/10

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