Directed by:
Aleksey BalabanovScreenplay:
Aleksey BalabanovCinematography:
Sergei Valentinovich AstakhovCast:
Sergey Bodrov Jr., Viktor Sukhorukov, Svetlana Pismichenko, Alexej Polujan, Natalya Lvova, Andrey Krasko, Sergey Debizhev, Sergei Valentinovich Astakhov (more)Plots(1)
Danila goes to his older brother to start a new life in Petersburg. His brother is a gangster and a killer, and he puts Danila into this criminal world asking him to kill someone. There his new life starts, he meets new people, a girl, becomes a big fan of the rock band "Nautilus Pompillius". Now he is a killer, and killing is easier than living for him. Realizing this makes him understand he is going the wrong way. (Moscow International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Sergey Bodrov Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273185_7bf3ef.jpg)
Sergey Bodrov Jr.
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
East/West (1999)
Brother (1997)
![Viktor Sukhorukov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505204_47c3a1.jpg)
Viktor Sukhorukov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The World Champion (2021)
The Castle (1994)
The Island (2006)
Svetlana Pismichenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Castle (1994)
Brother (1997)
Morphine (2008)
![Alexej Polujan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630534_f2c04c.jpg)
Natalya Lvova
Best movies:
Brother (1997)
Khrustalyov, My Car! (1998)
The Last Train (2003)
![Andrey Krasko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/087/189/87189984_8bbb20.jpg)
Andrey Krasko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
Peculiarities of the National Fishing (1998)
![Sergey Debizhev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/731/158731634_b75782.jpg)
Sergey Debizhev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Brother (1997)
![Sergei Valentinovich Astakhov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/442/162442519_6c8059.jpg)
Sergei Valentinovich Astakhov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Brother (1997)
![Yuriy Kuznetsov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/696/158696118_e55d3a.jpg)
Yuriy Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Vongozero: The Outbreak (2019)
Heart of a Dog (1988) (TV movie)
The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)
Lidiya Dorotenko
Best movies:
Kamennaya bashka (2008)
Brother (1997)
Morphine (2008)
Andrey Fedortsov
Best movies:
Mamy (2012)
Brother (1997)
Brunet wieczorową porą (1976)
Anatoliy Zhuravlyov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Brother (1997)
Blind Man's Bluff (2005)
House of Fools (2002)
![Aleksey Sevastyanov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/942/161942390_c0ecd8.jpg)
Aleksey Sevastyanov
Best movies:
Peculiarities of the National Fishing (1998)
Brother (1997)
The Battalion (2015)
Igor Shibanov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Castle (1994)
Brother (1997)
Of Freaks and Men (1998)
Vladimir Ermilov
Best movies:
Brother (1997)
The Chekist (1992)
Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel (2011)
Anatoliy Gorin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Brother (1997)
Twilight (2005)
The Captain's Daughter (2000)
Константин Анисимов
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Whispering Pages (1993)
Brother (1997)
Ugly Swans (2006)
Tatyana Zakharova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Italian (2005)
Brother (1997)
Brother 2 (2000)
Василина Стрельникова
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Brother (1997)
![Sergej Isavnin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/911/165911064_92bddb.jpg)
Sergej Isavnin
Best movies:
Brother (1997)
The Chekist (1992)
Afghan Breakdown (1990)