Brother

Dec 12, 1997

1h 35m

★ 7.5

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

CTB Film Company

Gorky Film Studios

Roskomkino

Brother Trailers

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Cast

Danila Bagrov

Sergei Bodrov Jr.

Viktor Bagrov

Viktor Sukhorukov

"German" Hoffman

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Sveta

Svetlana Pismichenko

Kat

Mariya Zhukova

"Krugli"

Sergey Murzin

Zinka

Irina Rakshina

Policeman

Igor Shibanov

Stepan

Andrey Fedortsov

Pavel Evgrafovich

Vladimir Ermilov

Svetlana's Neighbor

Anatoliy Gorin

Apartment Owner

Andrey Krasko

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