Brother (1997) – Filming Locations
Crime / Drama / Action · Directed by Aleksei Balabanov · Starring Sergei Bodrov Jr., Svetlana Pismichenko
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.
Where was Brother filmed?
- St. Petersburg, Russia, St. Petersburg – Opening sequences showing Viktor returning to his hometown after military service. The main boulevard of St. Petersburg establishes the film's gritty post-Soviet Russian setting and Viktor's displacement in his own city
- St. Petersburg, Russia, St. Petersburg – Viktor's apartment building and neighborhood where he reconnects with his brother Dmitry. The deteriorating Soviet-era apartment blocks reflect the economic collapse and urban decay of 1990s Russia, central to the film's bleak atmosphere
- Moscow, Russia, Moscow – Viktor and Dmitry's criminal dealings and encounters with Moscow's criminal underworld. Moscow represents the corrupt capitalist center where the brothers pursue violent criminal enterprise, contrasting with their St. Petersburg origins