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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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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.
Rating:
Genre:Crime, Drama, Action
Written By:Aleksei Balabanov
In Theaters:
Box Office:$1,360,000
Runtime:96 minutes
Studio:CTB Film Company, Gorky Film Studios, Roskomkino
Cast
Aleksei Balabanov
Director
Sergei Bodrov Jr.
Danila Bagrov
Viktor Sukhorukov
Viktor Bagrov
Yuriy Kuznetsov
"German" Hoffman
Svetlana Pismichenko
Sveta
Mariya Zhukova
Kat
Sergey Murzin
"Krugli"
Irina Rakshina
Zinka
Igor Shibanov
Policeman
Andrey Fedortsov
Stepan
Vladimir Ermilov
Pavel Evgrafovich
Anatoliy Gorin
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