Brother (Brat)

Brother
(Brat)

Film poster

Country	Russia
Directed by	Aleksey Balabanov
Release Date	1997
Language	Russian
Studio	Gorky Film Studios Kinokompaniya CTB Roskomkino
Distributor	Kino International Image Entertainment Kino Video

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Danila Bagrov	Sergei Bodrov
Viktor Bagrov	Viktor Sukhorukov
Sveta	Svetlana Pismichenko
Kat	Mariya Zhukova
German	Yuriy Kuznetsov
Krugly	Sergei Murzin

Brother (Brat) is a 1997 cult Russian thriller film directed by Aleksey Balabanov. The story revolves around a young Russian man named Danila (Sergei Bodrov Jr.), who goes to join his older brother in St. Petersburg. But Danila's older sibling is a gangster and a cold-blooded contract-killer. Danila is asked to kill someone, and soon learns that he finds killing easier than living (people who don't speak Russian may find it ironic and humorous that the Russian word for "brother" is "brat", so any of us who have brothers will find humor in that translation.)

The following weapons were used in the film Brother (Brat):

Handmade Revolver

Danila's first gun is a locally-produced .22 LR revolver (which apparently has no official name). Cheap revolvers such as this one were produced in the 1990s by one of the gangs which operated out of the Moscow Suburbs. Many people wrongly identify it as a Nagant revolver, due to the somewhat similar appearance to a Nagant. It is later fitted with a homemade suppressor; which would be rather ineffective in real life since he gap between the barrel and cylinder still allows gases to escape. How effective it is in the film is not very clear since Danila sets off a firecracker as distraction when he fires it (and is still detected).

An exhibit of a locally produced .22 LR Revolver from a Russian Police museum.

The same model, but with another finish.

Danila examines the revolver he took from a mobster.

Danila takes the gun from his pocket and checks it out before a showdown with the Caucasian immigrant gangsters.

Danila tells one of the Caucasian gangsters to pay the fine.

The revolver is seen lying on a table.

Danila loads the revolver.

Danila works on a suppressor made out of a soda bottle and oil filter.

The crude suppressor attached.

Makarov PM

A Makarov PM is used by "Utyug" ("Iron") (Vladimir Labetskiy), one of Krugly's henchmen.

Makarov PM - 9x18mm

"Utyug" holds his PM.

Another view of the scene.

M1911

A M1911 is used by Viktor (Viktor Sukhorukov).

M1911 - .45ACP

Victor meets Danila.

Victor: "Here's a piece with a clip for you. This is 600 more... we'll square accounts later".
Danila: 'I don't need it.

The "Nervous Gangster"(Anatoliy Zhuravlyov) aims his M1911 at the debtor's friend (Andrey Krasko)

"Nervous Gangster" knocks down Stepan (Andrey Fedortsov).
Stepan: "Guys, I've probably got on the wrong floor, I should go upstairs".

Danila shoots "Nervous Gangster" with his own Colt.

Walther P38

Krugly's main henchman (Aleksey Sevastyanov) carries a Walther P38.

P38 - 9x19mm

Krugly's main henchman pursues Danila with his Walther P38.

Tokarev TT-33

A suppressed Tokarev TT-33 is used by Mole (Aleksey Poluyan).

TT-33 - 7.62x25mm

Mole (Aleksey Poluyan) prepares to shoot his target.

12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

Danila buys a double-barreled shotgun with exposed hammers (presumably a TOZ-63) from his drunken neighbor (Vitaliy Matveev) and saws down the barrels. Danila handloads his shells, replacing the birdshot with nail heads.

TOZ-63 - 16 gauge

Sawed off side by side shotgun with exposed hammers - 12 gauge

Danila: "If you'll lie quiet, I'll let you go".

A clear view on the shotgun.

Danila kills the henchmen.

Custom-made SMG

A suppressed submachine gun is seen in Viktor's kitchen, with a design somewhat reminiscent of the Sa 23. This is a custom-built submachine gun, one of the countless that were made in the former USSR in the 1990s by criminals and rebels, and whose quality ranged from "crumbling-in-your-hands" to "factory-made quality".