An ex-soldier with a personal honor code enters the family crime business in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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| Sergey Bodrov | ... | Danila Bagrov | |
| Viktor Sukhorukov | ... | Viktor Bagrov | |
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Svetlana Pismichenko | ... | Sveta |
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Mariya Zhukova | ... | Kat |
| Yuriy Kuznetsov | ... | German | |
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Vyacheslav Butusov | ... | Butusov |
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Irina Rakshina | ... | Zinka |
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Sergey Murzin | ... | Krugly |
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Anatoliy Zhuravlyov | ... | Nervous Bandit |
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Igor Shibanov | ... | Militiaman |
| Andrey Fedortsov | ... | Styopa | |
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Sergey Debizhev | ... | Sergey Debizhev (as Sergey Debezhev) |
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Rinat Ibragimov | ... | (as Renat Ibragimov) |
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Vladimir Ermilov | ||
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Newly discharged from the army, Danila goes to his older brother - a gangster and a killer - to start a new life in St. Petersburg where he's soon situated in the criminal world and asked to kill someone. There his new life starts. He meets new people, including a girl, and becomes a big fan of the rock band "Nautilus Pompillius," but now he is a killer, and realizing killing is easier for him than living makes him understand he is going the wrong way. Written by Max Volovik <dimaa@worldnet.att.net>
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RussiaRelease Date:
8 July 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Brother See more »Filming Locations:
Smolensk Lutheran Cemetery, Vasilievsky Island, St. Petersburg, Russia See more »Company Credits
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Music by Vyacheslav Butusov
Lyrics by Ilya Kormiltsev
Performed by Nautilus Pompilius (uncredited)
Exclusive rights - DANA Music Limited, Ireland
Played when Danila in disguise comes to the market for the first time
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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. See more »Quotes
Flunky: It wasn't the Tatar. That guy did everything first-class. A real pro. The Chechen kicked the bucket, and that guy just walked off. I winged him but the bitch greased Pinecone.See more »
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Mater bogovMusic by Vyacheslav Butusov
Lyrics by Ilya Kormiltsev
Performed by Nautilus Pompilius (uncredited)
Exclusive rights - DANA Music Limited, Ireland
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One thing that some other reviewers failed to comment on is the way that you discover just who Danila is - he covers-up the fact that he saw action in Chechnya and always says he served far from combat. This story is really about the Russian crime situation LESS than about an entire generation of people who served in Afghanistan and Chechnya ('94-'96 and '99-present). This movie will be misunderstood by many Westerners (I am Russian myself) because it does not fit the traditional Hollywood screenplay style - and its characters do not behave themselves like most Hollywood characters would in a crime drama. There is a very Slavic quality in this film that I am VERY happy to see preserved and NOT Westernized. (You must see Brat2 to learn more about Brat.)