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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) |
| Aleksei Sevostyanov | |||
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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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Country:
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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German: Well, everyone decides for himself. There's this saying, "What's good for a Russian is death for a German." Well, I live to disprove this.
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Music by Vyacheslav Butusov
Lyrics by Ilya Kormiltsev
Performed by Nautilus Pompilius (uncredited) and Boris Grebenshchikov (uncredited)
Exclusive rights - DANA Music Limited, Ireland
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1) Danila prepares a weapon and comes to the market in disguise for the second time, then escapes the market
2) Danila meets a killer
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Knitted sweater, which was worn by Danila Bagrov, was bought by artist Nadezhda Vasilyeva at the flea market for 35-40 rubles (5$). See more »Goofs
When Kruglij talks to Sveta for the first time, the camera is reflected in the windscreen of the tram that Sveta is driving. See more »Quotes
Danila: You're a smart man, German. Tell me, what do we live for?German: Well, everyone decides for himself. There's this saying, "What's good for a Russian is death for a German." Well, I live to disprove this.
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Nezhnyy vampirMusic by Vyacheslav Butusov
Lyrics by Ilya Kormiltsev
Performed by Nautilus Pompilius (uncredited) and Boris Grebenshchikov (uncredited)
Exclusive rights - DANA Music Limited, Ireland
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1) Danila prepares a weapon and comes to the market in disguise for the second time, then escapes the market
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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