Sergei Bodrov Jr.
Also Known As: Sergey Bodrov Jr., Сергей Бодров, Sergey Bodrov, セルゲイ・ボドロフ・Jr
Biography: Actor, director, screenwriter, TV presenter, art historian. Born in the family of writer, screenwriter and director Sergei Bodrov Sr. In 1993 he graduated from the History Department of Moscow State University (Department of Art History). In 1998 he defended his thesis on "Architecture in the Venetian Renaissance painting." In 1996-1999 he was the presenter of the program “Vzglyad” (ORT). In 2001, as a presenter, he took part in the "Last Hero" program on Channel One. He began working in cinema with his father’s filming, starring in his films first in the episodic role of “SIR / Freedom is Paradise” (1989), and then in the lead role (“Prisoner of the Caucasus” (1996). Danila Bagrova in the films of Alexei Balabanov “Brother” (1997) and “Brother-2” (2000). In 2001 he made his directorial debut with the film “Sisters.” In the summer of 2002, Bodrov began working on his new film - the mystical drama “The Messenger”. On the evening of September 20, 2002, he went missing in the Karmadon Gorge in North Ossetia, where the film crew of the Oka alas the path descended Kolka glacier.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Adult: No
Deathday: September 20, 2002
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Brother 2
Overview: Arriving in Moscow, Chechen War veteran Danila meets Konstantin, an old friend who tells him that his twin brother has been forced into signing a crooked contract with a US ice hockey team. Soon after this meeting, Danila discovers Konstantin dead and he sets out to avenge his death; a journey that leads him to Chicago and a whole new experience.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2000-05-11
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Brother
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
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1997-12-12
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East/West
Overview: June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) are sent to Kiev. She wants to return to France immediately; he knows that they are captives and must watch every step.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-09-01
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White King, Red Queen
Overview: White King, Red Queen is a Russian film. The composer Isaak Schwarz won a Nika Award from the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences for the film's music.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1993-07-28
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The Quickie
Overview: A crime soap opera about a Russian mobster retiring from "the business" on New Year's Eve, only to discover he has been targeted for death by a rival mobster.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-25
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We Others Will Not
Overview: The film “We Others Will Not” emerged as a direct continuation of numerous meetings and conversations with Sergei Bodrov Jr. and Alexei Balabanov. The idea to reflect again on the phenomenon of Sergei Bodrov Jr.’s identity belongs to Evgeniy Nikishov and Valeriy Fedorovich. Together we decided to go on this difficult journey. Close friends and colleagues talk about Sergei: the producer Sergei Selyanov, the designer Nadezhda Vasilyeva, the composer Vyacheslav Butusov, the cinematographer Sergei Astakhov, and also… Sergei Bodrov Jr. and the director Alexei Balabanov, whose films “Brother” and “Brother 2” acquired popular fame at the threshold of the 2000s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2021-10-07
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How «Brother 2» Was Filmed
Overview: Documentary film with comments by Sergey Bodrov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Alexey Balabanov, Sergey Astakhov, Sergey Selyanov about the shooting of the famous film "Brother 2".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2000-05-07
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The Stringer
Overview: Vadik Chernyshov is an impoverished dreamer who spends his life drifting though Moscow with a video camera, hoping to shoot footage that will interest Western press agencies. He falls in love with the beautiful Helen, an English media executive, and subsequently they must contend with the barriers that their different backgrounds present.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Prisoner of the Mountains
Overview: Two Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1996-03-15
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War
Overview: During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Two of the hostages are then released to bring the money for the British woman who is forced to wait for the ransom.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2002-03-14
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Freedom Is Paradise
Overview: Young Sasha is brought into a state-run children's home because his mother died early and his father spends most of his life in prison. The conditions are like in a penal institution. Sasha tries several times to escape and to search for his father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1989-05-26
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Bear's Kiss
Overview: A fairy tale-like love story between young circus artist Lola and the bear Misha, who one day transforms into a human being.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2002-11-28
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Sisters
Overview: A movie about two sisters - thirteen year old Sveta, poor and abandoned by her father, who longs to go off and be a sniper in the army, and spoilt eight-year old Dina, doted on by her gangster father...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2001-05-10
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I Hate You
Overview: The plot is based on the story of a meeting and reconciliation after many years of separation of the Mikhailovs, the realization of a mistake they made in their youth. Once they were too lazy to understand each other. He left for the construction site in a hurry, and she, having accepted his departure, did not forget the offense. A few years later, the hero came to his wife and grown-up daughter
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1986-08-10
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