Brother(Movie, 1997)

Name: Brother
Genre: Drama, Crime, Action
Released: 1997
Duration: T01:36:00
Rating: 3.8

Original title: "Брат" (Russian/RU)

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 168 votes)

Brother (Russian: Брат, translit. Brat) is a 1997 Russian neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by Aleksei Balabanov. The film stars Sergei Bodrov Jr. as Danila Bagrov, a young ex-conscript who becomes embroiled with the Saint Petersburg mob through his criminal older brother. It appeared in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. After its release on VHS in June 1997, Brother unexpectedly became one of the most commercially successful Russian films of the 1990s and quickly rose to cult film status throughout Russia. Due to the film's popularity and fan demand, a sequel, Brother 2, was released in 2000. ()

Part of the Brother Collection

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Awards & Nominations for Brother

Nika Award Golden Ram Kinotavr nominated for: Nika Award for Best Picture

About Brother

Danila goes to his successful brother, Victor, in Petersburg to start a new life. Unknown to Danila, Victor is a contract killer, but is in hiding after asking for too much money to assassinate a Chechen mob boss. To avoid exposure, Victor convinces Danila to kill the boss instead.

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Trailer for Brother + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Russian Trailer(Trailer, 1:10)

Russian Trailer (Trailer) | Брат - Trailer (Trailer, RU)

Additional Information

Official websites:

brat2.film.ru

Production country: Russia

Plays in: Saint Petersburg

Made by: CTB Film Company, Roskomkino

Original language: Russian (RU)

Spoken languages: Russian (RU)

Translated into 23 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Uzbek (UZ), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 12/12/1997

Cast: Sergey Bodrov, Jr., Viktor Sukhorukov, Vyacheslav Butusov, Yuri Kuznetsov, Svetlana Pismichenko

Director: Aleksei Balabanov

Producer: Sergey Selyanov

Screenwriter: Aleksei Balabanov

Film Editor: Marina Lipartiya

Director of Photography: Sergey Astakhov

Composer: Vyacheslav Butusov

Performer: Nautilus Pompilius

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Brat"

Keywords: gangster

Budget: 20,000 USD

2 movies in the Brother Collection

1997 Brother

2000 Brother 2 ("Брат 2")

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