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Brother (1997 Film)
''Brother'' (russian: Брат, Transliteration, translit. ''Brat'') is a 1997 Russian neo-noir Crime film#Crime drama, 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 Cinema of Russia, 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. Plot After Danila Bagrov (Sergei Bodrov Jr.), a recently discharged First Chechen War, Chechen War veteran, gets into a fight with security guards, his mother insists he travels to Saint Petersburg to seek out his successful older brother Viktor, whom his mother i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksei Balabanov
Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov (russian: Алeксeй Oктябpинoвич Балабанoв; 25 February 1959 – 18 May 2013) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer, a member of European Film Academy. He started from creating mostly arthouse pictures and music videos but gained significant mainstream popularity in action crime drama movies ''Brother'' (1997) and ''Brother 2'' (2000), both of which starred Sergei Bodrov, Jr. Later, Balabanov directed the films '' Cargo 200'' (2007), ''Morphine'' (2008) and '' A Stoker'' (2010) which also received critical recognition. He has been referred to as the "Russian Quentin Tarantino" in the press for his critically acclaimed yet controversial films. Life and career Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov was born on 25 February 1959, in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). In 1981 Balabanov graduated from Translation Department of the Gorky Pedagogical University of Foreign Languages. He then served in the Soviet Army as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nautilus Pompilius (band)
Nautilus Pompilius (russian: Наутилус Помпилиус), sometimes nicknamed Nau (russian: Нау), was an influential Soviet, and later Russian, rock band // Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Russian culture, 2013 founded in Sverdlovsk in 1982 by and . Butusov disbanded the group in 1997, after multiple successful albums and several different line-ups of the band. Name The band was or ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolibri (band)
Kolibri is a Soviet and Russian experimental pop/rock group formed in 1988 in Saint-Petersburg playing an eclectic brand of baroque pop blended with elements of post-punk, cabaret, chanson and dominated by vocal harmony. In their heyday Kolibri, according to rock historian Andrey Burlaka, combined ironic high posturing with touchingly humane attitude, writing and performing songs that were described variously as exquisite, depressive, extravagant, romantic, naive, sophisticated and decadent. The band released six studio albums which were well received by critics both in Europe and in Russia but never had any commercial success. www.allmusic.com Kolibri/ref> Natasha Pivovarova, Kolibri's founding member, left in 1998 to form her own band Sous (The Sauce). She died in a car crash in Crimea, Ukraine, in September 2007. Band history Kolibri were formed in 1988, originally as a side project for (born 17 July 1963 in Novgorod), then a member of Sergey Kuryokhin's Populyarnaya Mekhani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquarium (band)
Aquarium or Akvarium (russian: link=no, Аквариум; often stylized as Åквариум) is a Russian rock group formed in Leningrad in 1972. The band has had many line-up changes over its history, and lead singer and founder Boris Grebenshchikov is the only remaining original member. Former band members include Anatoly Gunitsky, Mikhail Feinstein, Andrei "Dyusha" Romanov, Vsevolod Gakkel, and Sergey Kuryokhin. Formation, first lineup (1972–1991) Aquarium was formed in 1972 by two friends: Boris Grebenshchikov, then a student of applied mathematics at Leningrad State University, and Anatoly (George) Gunitsky, a playwright and absurdist poet. The founding members were Grebenshchikov, George (drums), Alexander Tsatsanidi (bass), Vadim Vasilyev (keyboards), Valery Obogrelov (sound). The popular story behind the name "Aquarium" is that it was inspired by the Budapest street Leningrad pub "The Aquarium" and suggested by one of the band members. However, Grebenshchikov has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Chigrakov
Sergey Nikolayevich "Chizh" Chigrakov (russian: Серге́й Николаевич Чиграков; born 6 February 1961 in Dzerzhinsk) is a Russian rock performer and songwriter. Most of his current songs are recorded with his band, Chizh & Co. Chigrakov has performed on stage since the age of 14, playing the bass guitar in clubs in his home town Dzerzhinsk. He graduated from a musical school and college in the same town, and then studied at the Leningrad Institute of Culture and the jazz studio of the Leningrad Conservatory. There he learned to play the accordion and drums. Chigrakov then worked as an instructor in Dzerzhinsk, while playing the guitar and singing in a metal group. After some time, Chigrakov got an invitation from A. Chernetskiy, which resulted in the formation of the group "Raznyie Lyudi" (literally ''Various people'' or ''Different People''), where Chigrakov soon occupied the place of the lead vocalist. In 1993, Chigrakov released his first solo album in Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Bychkov (actor)
Viktor Nikolayevich Bychkov (Виктор Николаевич Бычков) (born 1954) is a Russian actor. He won a 2002 Golden Eagle Award and a 2004 State Prize of the Russian Federation. Biography Bychkov was born on September 4, 1954, in Leningrad. He grew up in a large 8-rooms communal apartment, where the population was forty. From childhood, Bychkov dreamed of becoming an actor. He played his first role in the summer camp. In his youth, Bychkov went to drama school, where he played the main role. He served in the Soviet army. He studied at the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema (teacher Igor Vladimirov), he graduated in 1982. His first film part was in ''The Last Escape'' (1980) by Leonid Menaker. From 2006 to 2012 he led the children's television program ''Spokoynoy nochi, malyshi!'' He was replaced by pop singer Dmitry Malikov in 2012. Selected filmography Film * ''The Last Escape'' (1980) * ''For the sake of a few lines'' (1985) * ''The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valery Kukhareshin
Valery Aleksandrovich Kukhareshin (russian: link=no, Валерий Александрович Кухаре́шин; born 7 December 1957) is a Soviet and Russian stage, film and dubbing actor. Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (1994), People's Artist of Russia (2005). He also was the official Russian voice of Disney's Scrooge McDuck for more than 20 years, first in the animated series ''Mickey Mouse Works'' of 1999. Born on 7 December 1957 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia). Selected filmography * Understudy Takes Effect (1983) as episode * Socrates (1991) as Plato * The Alaska Kid (1993) as man at the ball * Life and Adventures of Four Friends 2 (1993) as Nikita's dad * Operation Happy New Year (1996) as Karl Ivanovich * Anna Karenina (1997) as doctor * The Romanovs: An Imperial Family (2000) as Leon Trotsky * Bandit Petersburg (2001) as Colonel Leikin * Deadly Force (2001) as Prince * Streets of Broken Lights (2001) as Boris Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Usatova
Nina Nikolayevna Usatova (russian: Ни́на Никола́евна Уса́това; born October 1, 1951, Altai Krai) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. People's Artist of Russia (1994). Biography She graduated from high school number 30 in Kurgan. From 1969 to 1973, she tried to enter the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute at the Vakhtangov Theater. Worked again at cloth factory ''Red October'' in Borovsk Kaluga region, as director for the House of Culture and was preparing for the entrance exams. In 1974 she entered the directing faculty Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute (course Boris Zakhava and Marianna Ter-Zakharova), and graduated in 1979. After finishing her studies in 1979, Nina went to practice in the city of Kotlas, Arkhangelsk Oblast. She played in the local theater twelve roles. At this time, opened in Leningrad Youth Theatre on the Fontanka, and in 1980, the aspiring actress went there. Played in the performances of Vladimir Malyshitsky and Efim Padve. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Bashirov
Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov (russian: Александр Николаевич Баширов; born 24 September 1955, in Sogom) is a Russian film and theater actor, director and screenwriter. He performed in more than sixty films since 1986. Biography Alexander Bashirov was born on 24 September 1955 in the village of Sogom. He was born in a mixed family of ethnic Russian father, Nikolai Zakharovich Kolygin and Siberian Tatar mother, Mariya Katyrovna Bashirova. In 1972 he arrived in Leningrad, filed papers into the first vocational school and began to acquire the specialty tiler, tilers, then worked at the cement plant in Vyborg. After military service he entered the VGIK (course Igor Talankin, then shop Anatoly Vasilyev), from which he graduated in 1989. He married a US citizen and in 1990-1991 he studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York, periodically coming to the USSR to participate in the filming. He participated in Sergey Kuryokhin's Pop Mechanics and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Lifanov
Igor Romanovich Lifanov (russian: И́горь Рома́нович Лифа́нов; born 25 December 1965) is Russian actor of theater, cinema and TV. Biography Igor Lifanov born December 25, 1965, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, in the city of Mykolayiv. He lived in the city of Mykolayiv, where he graduated from school, then served in the Navy in the Far East. He entered the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, from which he graduated in 1992, diploma work ''An Ardent Heart'', after which he was invited to Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater. In 2003, he left the theater. Personal life His first marriage with Elena Pavlikova was at the institute and ended after 3 months. A second marriage to actress Tatyana Aptikeeva lasted 13 years, but also ended in divorce. That marriage produced a daughter, Anastasia. He married Elena Kosenko in September 2011, after being in a relationship for 9 years. They have a daughter. Filmography *1991: ''Labeled'' as underg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Krasko
Andrey Ivanovich Krasko (russian: Андре́й Ива́нович Краско́; 10 August 1957, Leningrad, USSR — 4 July 2006, Odessa, Ukraine) was a Russian theatre and cinema actor. Andrey Krasko first experienced theatrical production as a child at the Theater of Youth Creativity (1969-1974) directed by Matvey Dubrovin.Андрей Краско умер на съёмках Gazeta.ru Son of Russian actor Ivan I. Krasko. Filmography * 1979 — ''Personal meeting'' * 1986 — ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksei Poluyan
Aleksei Poluyan (russian: Алексей Полуян; 1965–2010) was a Russian actor. His most famous role was that of the sadistic Captain Zhurov in Alexey Balabanov's anti-communist horror movie Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, ap ... '' Cargo 200''. Poluyan died from alcohol abuse in 2010. Filmography References {{DEFAULTSORT:Poluyan, Aleksei 1965 births 2010 deaths Deaths from pancreatitis Alcohol-related deaths in Russia 20th-century Russian male actors 21st-century Russian male actors Russian male film actors Russian male stage actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
