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Aleksei Balabanov



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  • War
  • War review by Bazza66 from Essex
    Rated - 4.0 stars Russian/Chechen Collaboration 18 June 2005
    ... an insight into the little known Russian/Chechen conflict. Directed by Russian Aleksei Balabanov this fictional account of a Russian concscript and an Englishman who get taken ...   Read customer review

Aleksei Balabanov - filmography


  • The Stoker (2010)
    Starring: Mikhail Skryabin,  Yuriy Matveev,  Aleksandr Mosin
    Director: Aleksei Balabanov
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Russian underworld drama. Afghan-Soviet war veteran Major Skryabin (Mikhail Skryabin) fills his days by maintaining the furnace that heats a St Petersburg building and writing a historical novel. Living a largely solitary life, he is visited occasionally by the Sergeant (Aleksandr Mosin), an ex-..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 1 member
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  • Cargo 200 (2007)
    Starring: Agniya Kuznetsova,  Aleksei Poluyan,  Leonid Gromov
    Director: Aleksei Balabanov
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The story tales place at the end of the Soviet era in a provincial town. After going to a club, the daughter of the secretary of the district committee for the Communist Party disappears. There are no witnesses and no suspects have been found. This same evening, in a house on the outskirts of town, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 12 members
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  • War (2002)
    Starring: Ian Kelly,  Aleksei Chadov,  Ingeborga Dapkunaite
    Director: Aleksei Balabanov
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Starkly realistic war drama set in Russia at the height of the Chechnya conflict. A British actor, John (Ian Kelly) and his girlfriend, Margaret (Ingeborga Dapkunaite) are abducted by Chechen guerilla leader Aslan (Georgi Gurgulia) while on tour in Georgia. Aslan later sets John free to return to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 783 members
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  • Brother 2 on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Rina Saltykova,  Victor Sukhorukov,  Sergei Bodrov Jr.
    Director: Aleksei Balabanov
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Arriving in Moscow, Chechen veteran Danila (Sergei Bodrov Jr) 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; ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 543 members
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  • Of Freaks and Men on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Aleksei De,  Sergei Makovetsky
    Director: Aleksei Balabanov
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    In early twentieth century St Petersburg, pornographer Johann (Sergei Makovetskii) makes money selling photographs of blindfolded young women being spanked. His customers include Liza (Dinara Drukarova), daughter of engineer Radlov, who employs Johann's sister as his maid. Johann is also interested ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 704 members
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  • Brother on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Svetlana Pismichenko,  Sergei Bodrov Jr.
    Director: Aleksei Balabanov
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    When Chechen veteran Danila (Sergei Bodvor Jr.) is sent by his mother to live with his brother in St. Petersburg, he finds himself in the heart of the city's seedy underbelly. Once there, he meets a girl, discovers new music and gets himself a job as a mafia hitman; employing the cold, calculating ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,125 member
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Aleksei Balabanov facts

5 most recent films

The Stoker - 4.5 stars
Cargo 200 - 3.5 stars
War - 3.0 stars
Brother 2 - 3.5 stars
Of Freaks and Men - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Brother 2 - 3.5 stars
Brother - 3.5 stars
War - 3.0 stars
Of Freaks and Men - 2.5 stars
The Stoker - 4.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Cargo 200 - 3.5 stars
The Stoker - 4.5 stars
Of Freaks and Men - 2.5 stars
War - 3.0 stars
Brother - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Sergei Bodrov Jr. - 7 times - show films
Sergei Makovetsky - 5 times - show films
Aleksei De - 3 times - show films
Mikhail Skryabin - 3 times - show films
Svetlana Pismichenko - 3 times - show films