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Pages in category "Films about the Russian Mafia" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Brother (Russian: Брат, translit. Brat) is a 1997 Russian neo-noir 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.
The movie, opening Thursday, is the culmination of five years of perfecting and four years of pitching the story of how he robbed his classmates on a train in Russia with help from the Russian mob.
Barons of Crime (Russian: Воры в законе, romanized: Vory v zakone) is a 1988 Soviet crime thriller film directed by Yuri Kara [1] [2] [3] based on the stories of Fazil Iskander. [ 4 ] The film tells about the confrontation between two leaders of criminal gangs from one coastal city.
After Carver fails to assassinate Demyan Ivanov, one of the crime bosses he frequently works for, he decides to kill the brother of the other crime boss, Mikhail Suverov. Mikhail is angry and wants to kill Ray Carver to avenge his brother's death, so he calls Aleksey "The Wolf" Andreev, a legendary Russian hitman who is rumoured to be fictional.
Paul Walker pursued a role in the film because the script recalled the gritty crime melodramas he loved, saying, "This is a movie I’d really like to see. I love Guy Ritchie movies. I love Snatch." [4] [5] Kramer did not have Walker in mind to play Joey, but he cast him after being impressed by the actor. "I was taken with how tough behind the ...
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyIt was a cold winter morning in Moscow in the late 2000s. At the southern end of the Slavyanskaya Square, in front of the giant ...
Brigada (Russian: Бригада), also known as Law of the Lawless, is a Russian 15-episode crime television miniseries that debuted in 2002. It became very popular in Russia and ex-Soviet countries as well as Eastern Europe, but received criticism for positive portrayal of criminals and aestheticization of violence.