Cast & creator
Aleksei Balabanov
Best known for Dead Man's Bluff, Dead Man's Bluff, Brother
Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer, a member of European Film Academy. He started from creating mostly arthouse pictures and music videos but gained significant mainstream popularity in action crime drama movies Brother (1997) and Brother 2 (2000). He has been referred to as the "Russian Quentin Tarantino" in the press for his critically acclaimed yet controversial films.
Also known as: Aleksey Balabanov, Alekseï Balabanov, Alexei Balabanov, ალექსეი ბალაბანოვი, Олексій Балабанов
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1987–2023 · acting roles
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Filmography (45)
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Dead Man's Bluff
Director
2005Dead Man's Bluff
Writer
2005
Brother
Writer
1997Brother
Director
1997
Plankton Salesmen
Self (archive footage)
2017
Cargo 200
Writer
2007Cargo 200
Director
2007
Brother 2
Director
2000Brother 2
Writer
2000
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
Producer
1996
War
Writer
2002War
Director
2002
Morphine
Director
2008
Of Freaks and Men
Director
1998Of Freaks and Men
Writer
1998
It Doesn't Hurt Me
Director
2006It Doesn't Hurt Me
Writer
2006
The Arrival of a Train
1996The Arrival of a Train
Director
1996The Arrival of a Train
Screenplay
1996
There used to be another time
Director
1987There used to be another time
Screenplay
1987
Me Too
Director
2012Me Too
Director
2012Me Too
Screenplay
2012
About air flying in Russia
Director
1989
Happy Days
Director
1991Happy Days
Screenplay
1991
Nastya and Egor
Screenplay
1989Nastya and Egor
Director
1989
One Step Beyond
Director
1988One Step Beyond
Screenplay
1988
Aleksey Balabanov. Postscript
self (archive)
2023
The Stoker
Writer
2010The Stoker
Director
2010
The Castle
Director
1994The Castle
Writer
1994
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
Producer
1996Trofim
сотрудник кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга»
1995Trofim
Director
1995
River
Screenplay
2002River
Director
2002
Balabanov. Belltower. Requiem
self (archive)
2022
How «Brother 2» Was Filmed
self
2000
We Others Will Not
self (archive)
2021