The Klitschko brothers inscribed their names in golden letters in the history of world boxing. Real surname them, we all remember, at the beginning of their sports career, were desperately misrepresented by announcers. Vitaly and Vladimir only smiled in response, patiently explaining the cause of the confusion. I remember that one of the witty announcers on one of the American channels then joked, asking how many Klitschko brothers were in total. Then, however, he apologized.
Athletes with a difficult surname
Indeed, the spelling of the surname may be confusing. After all, most often media information about athletes was broadcast from Russian to Ukrainian, and vice versa. Moreover, as you know, the Ukrainian "and" in Russian is pronounced as "y".
If we analyze the names of athletes from the standpoint of German grammar, then we will come across a curious association. The word klitsch is German for "strike". In addition, based on sports abbreviations, K.O. interpreted as a knockout.
Isn't it symbolic for the athletes, whom the fans gave the nicknames Doctor Iron Fist (Vitaly) and Doctor Steel Hammer (Vladimir)?
However, very soon the world remembered: the new super heavyweight megastars in boxing are called the Klitschko brothers. Their real name is now well known on all continents. The reason for this is the bright sports career In addition, they are sociable, open, friendly. Although they always emphasize their Ukrainian citizenship, people in Germany also consider them "their own".
Childhood of boy idols
Any boy in Ukraine who is fond of boxing knows where the Klitschko brothers were born. And they appeared in the family of a Soviet officer. Their father, a military pilot, graduated from the service with the rank of major general, military attaché in Germany. He took an active part in the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. The resulting radioactive exposure affected the general's health tragically - cancer and premature death at the age of 65.
Vitaly was born on July 19, 1971 in the village of Belovodskoye, Kirghiz SSR. Vladimir - 03/25/1976 in the village of Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR.
Father Vladimir Rodionovich instilled in them a desire for good, a sense of justice, perseverance, love for exercise. The guys got the opportunity to seriously engage in sports later, after their parents arrived in Ukraine in 1985. The Klitschko brothers felt the need for sports self-realization. They were real romantics, maximalists.
The first to attend boxing training was fourteen-year-old Vitaly. Three years later - Vladimir. In childhood, the age difference of 5 years is very fundamental. It would not be a mistake to say that Vitaly had the traits of a real champion character even then. His younger brother followed him. The Klitschko brothers dreamed of professional boxing, admiring rising star- Mike Tyson.
Career
The guys were lucky with the first coach. They became Vladimir Alekseevich Zolotarev. He patiently and consistently led talented athletes to high sports achievements. He treated the brothers as his sons, because Vitaly was his godson, and Vladimir is the godson of his wife.
It took Vitaly only six years to grow to the level of an international master of sports. For three years in a row, he became the champion of Ukraine, and then, in 1995, the champion of the World Military Games. Vladimir also reached the international competitive level: on the 26th Olympic Games won a gold medal for Ukraine in Atlanta.
Club Universum Box Primition
1996 was a milestone for both athletes: the Klitschko brothers drew a line under amateur sports by signing a contract with Universum Box Primition. Promising boxers began to train a well-known specialist Fritz Sdunek.
The professional career of the brothers began brightly - with victories. Three years later, Vitaly's achievement will grace the Guinness Book of Records: becoming the WBO world champion in 1999, he then won 26 fights in a row by knockout. By the way, he became the first ever world champion in professional boxing among the Slavs.
Let us recall the brightest victories of these Ukrainian athletes in the rank of professionals until 2005. Even if their sports career had ended with this milestone, the International Boxing Hall of Fame would have been forever adorned with a photo and biography of the Klitschko brothers. Vitaly by that time had already taken place as outstanding boxers. Judge for yourself...
- 05/02/1998 - knockout in the fifth round of Briton Dicky Ryan (WBO intercontinental champion title);
- 10/24/1998 - knockout in the second round of Mario Schisser (Germany), winning the European title;
- 06/26/1999 - in the second half of the second round, Vitaliy knocks out British Herbie Hyde with a left cross and a right hook, becoming the WBO world champion;
- 01/27/2001 - knockout in the first round within the first minute in a fight against Orlin Norris (USA), WBA Intercontinental Champion title.
Vladimir:
- February 1998 - knockout of American boxer Everett Martin, WBC Intercontinental Champion title;
- October 2000 - victory on points in a 12-round fight of American Chris Byrd, winning the WBO world title (a title that Chris Byrd then took away from Vitaly, defeating him with the help of perfect tactics of dodging blows).
Vitaly's forced decision. Return of the Champion
In 2005, having received his fourth serious injury, Vitaly made a difficult decision for himself - to leave his favorite sport. For two years. However, the treatment turned out to be longer. Nevertheless, in 2008, the boxer took advantage of the championship right to choose an opponent for the next fight. In March, he fought against then-current WBC world champion Samuel Peter.
Vitaly took from him high title. Later, heavy backs and shoulders received in the ring) forced the great athlete to end his career. The elder Klitschko finished his last fight in 2011 with the Cuban Odlanier Fonte by knockout.
Boxing career of Vladimir after 2005
After winning his first WBO championship belt in a fight with Chris Byrd (2000), Vladimir, despite the loss of this championship from Corrie Sanders, continued to progress as a boxer. Experts were inclined to think about the significant sports potential of the Ukrainian.
In 2006, he took the IBF champion title from Chris Byrd by technical knockout at the beginning of the 7th round.
On February 23, 2008, Vladimir, having an advantage, won the WBO world title from the Russian boxer Sultan Ibragimov.
06/20/2009 Vitali Klitschko's brother in a duel with another Russian - Ruslan Chigaev, stopped by the latter's seconds, receives the WBA champion title.
By 2011, the Klitschko brothers held all but one of the famous super heavyweight championship belts. Soon the opportunity presented itself to get it. 07/02/2011 Vladimir fought with Briton David Haye for the WBA champion title and won
Vladimir Klichko. As the Steel Was Tempered
The defeat of the Klitschko brothers is a special topic. After all, it was they who gave them the opportunity to rethink the strategy and tactics, to make the necessary adjustments to their training process. They could not be. After all, brothers are always in sight. Recordings of their fights scroll through the boxing staffs of rivals hundreds of times, looking for gaps and shortcomings in defense.
For almost twenty years, the boxing of the Klitschko brothers has been a significant stimulus and, undoubtedly, a useful irritant for the development of the world's super heavyweight boxing division.
The beginning of Vladimir's professional career was not easy. But at that time, learning from his mistakes, he progressed rapidly.
Three rivals managed to win against Vladimir, outplaying him in the ring.
The first of them was the American Ros Purity (12/05/1998). 32 years against 22. Experience and perseverance won. The athlete with the nickname Boss withstood eight rounds under a hail of blows from Vladimir, and then imposed his fight on the exhausted opponent, who was not physically ready for the full distance of 12 rounds.
The second defeat was inflicted on Vladimir on 03/08/2003 by a South African. In battle, he fully justified his nickname Sniper. He managed to find a weakness in Vladimir's defense, the key to which was a left direct blow. This fight was sad younger brother. He could not adapt to the opponent. Corry hit and Vladimir fell...
The third defeat against the American on April 10, 2004 turned out to be mysterious and dramatic. After the gong of the fifth round, the Ukrainian, before reaching his corner, simply collapsed onto the ring. The fight was interrupted, the doctors diagnosed him with a critical level of sugar in the blood.
Defeat of Vladimir in 2015
Vitali Klitschko's brother did not know defeat for 11 years. However, sport is sport... On November 28, 2015, a Briton of basketball height, nicknamed with more impressive anthropometry, defeated Vladimir, taking all his championship belts.
This fight was not the best for Klitschko Jr. He didn't win it. However, he did not lose. Experts say that the fight was equal ... According to world practice, in such cases the victory is awarded to the champion. But not in this fight. Obviously, the judges wanted to end the “Klitschko era”. In rounds 8-11, Fury dominated. Due to the length of his arms, his jab was more effective. Vladimir did not manage to find the optimal distance to the opponent.
But in the 12th round, the younger Klitschko finally moved away from many years of accumulated templates that turned out to be ineffective, began to take risks, “shot”: Fury kept a deaf defense in the corner. However, this was not enough to win.
From the lips of some experts, the idea is that the reason for the defeat is the age of the Klitschko brothers (this year, Vladimir turns 40 years old, while Tyson Fury is only 28). However, the athlete's coach Jonathan Banks said in an interview that he did not agree with this. He considers the cause of the defeat to be removable shortcomings in the training process.
Indeed, such a long dominance of two athletes-brothers in the super heavyweight division is unique. It is possible only with the highest skill and dedication. Idle discussions in the press about how old the Klitschko brothers are do not reflect the sports and life potential of these Ukrainians.
Brothers talking
After the defeat by Fury, the brothers discussed the advisability of further career Vladimir. The elder Klitschko said about his brother that he could safely leave boxing as a legendary man.
After all, the unification of three championship belts in professional boxing is a super task, feasible only for a few. However, Vitaly pointed to another option - to prove to everyone that the defeat was accidental. Vladimir chose the second path, deciding to use the right of revenge.
Episode of Tensions
It happened ten years ago, after Vladimir's defeat by Lymon Brewster. The real reason losing is still shrouded in mystery. The Ukrainian boxer, who fell on the platform of the ring after the gong of the 5th round, was unable to get up on his own. Conducted express analyzes gave grounds to suspect an unknown kind of poisoning. According to the test scores, mighty hero suddenly became disabled.
However, while the incident was being investigated by the competent services, Vitaly was already taking his brother to the hospital. He was very afraid of losing him, afraid for his life. Therefore, in a conversation with him, he insisted on the completion of sports performances.
After that, Vladimir began to get depressed. He was more afraid of the end of his career than death. Klitschko Jr. claimed that his real life is boxing. A short but fundamental conflict arose between the brothers.
Then, in 2004. Vladimir did not allow Vitaly to attend his training camp. Subsequently, he recovered, defeated himself, believed in own forces. The brothers, of course, soon reconciled.
Concluding this story dark history Let us mention some of its essential details. The incident was investigated by the FBI. His results were classified.
Not boxing alone
Speaking about the brothers, it is impossible not to recall Umberto Eco's brilliant quote from his novel "Foucault's Pendulum" that a genius always plays on one component, but does it brilliantly, so all other components are automatically connected to the game. For the Klitschko brothers professional boxing served as a powerful social lift.
He gave them prosperity, fame in the world, popularity. In 2011, in the ranking of the richest Ukrainians published by Korrespondent magazine, the brothers took a place in the top hundred with a capital of $55 million. They receive income from advertising for the Mercedes car company, from the Telecom telephone company, from the vitamin manufacturer Eunov, from the McFit gym network.
It is impossible not to mention new career boxing heavyweight Vitali Klitschko is political. As the mayor of Kyiv, he is always in sight.
Vladimir also has a hobby outside the ring. In addition to sports, he also has artistic abilities. It is no coincidence that Klitschko Jr. can be seen as an actor in the films "Ocean's Eleven", "Blood and Sweat: Anabolics", "Handsome". He has already starred in 12 film series: "Blood Brothers", "Conan", "Breakfast", "Our Best", "Gym".
Vladimir recently made his debut as a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen. He is also developing a program from KMG and the University of Switzerland to teach people the art of being successful.
Vitaly and Vladimir jointly implement social projects through the Klitschko Brothers Foundation. With its help, they use borrowed and own funds for sports and general education of the younger generation. The Fund is the largest investor in sports projects in Ukraine. With its financing, more than 130 children's sports grounds have been opened. It annually finances the largest in the CIS and the world's only international junior boxing tournament for the prize of the Klitschko brothers.
Conclusion
Respect is given to people who have achieved public recognition and personal well-being through professional implementation.
Now the world certainly knows the names of the Klitschko brothers. And this is not surprising, because with their charisma, intelligence, sports behavior and, of course, boxing style, they contributed to the development and popularization of this sport. They are willingly invited to TV shows, they are interviewed. As a matter of fact, they did more to popularize Ukraine in the world than all its diplomats.
December 12, 1997 on Russian television was shown crime drama"Brother". The picture caused a storm of criticism in the press, accusations of racism and a primitive attitude towards the image of a Russian soldier and citizen. The viewer appreciated the picture in his own way. Despite the fact that the film's budget was only $20,000 and it was filmed for only a month, talented picture immediately took the lead among Russian militants. And now, more than 20 years later, the film is ranked 23rd out of 100 among the most popular paintings Russia.
The film "Brother" begins with a return to the small provincial town of Belozersk from the first Chechen war. Walking down the street, Danila heard a tune he liked. Coming closer, I saw that a clip of my favorite group "" was being filmed. The guy involuntarily interrupted the shooting. Having entered into a skirmish with the guards, the guy gets into the police. Danila's mother, in order to avoid further trouble, sends him to St. Petersburg to his older brother Victor. With arrival in northern capital criminal adventures of Danila Bagrov begin.
Roles in the film "Brother" were played by popular and little-known actors. What they were then, and what their photos are now - in the editorial material.
Sergei Bodrov - Danila Bagrov (1971-2002)
Danila Bagrov is a veteran of the Chechen war. Arriving in St. Petersburg, he looked for his older brother Victor. The hero immediately realized that his brother was engaged in criminal business. Victor asked Danila to help him out - to fulfill the order of a bandit named "Round" to kill crime boss"Chechen". Danila fulfills the order, but comes under fire from bandits. A wounded guy runs away from the killers on a freight tram.
Before the role in the film "Brother" Russian actor He became famous by playing in his father's film "Prisoner of the Caucasus". The role of Danila made Bodrov the idol of youth. He played in the films "Stringer", "East-West", "Brother-2", "War". In 2001, Bodrov became the host of the program " The last Hero”, and also directed his first film “Sisters”.
In the summer of 2002, Sergei Bodrov began shooting his second film, The Messenger. In September 2002, the artist died along with members film crew film "The Messenger" in the Karmadon Gorge during the descent of the glacier.
Viktor Sukhorukov – Viktor Bagrov (1951)
Viktor Bagrov is the brother of the hero, a hired killer. They had not seen Danila for a long time, and when they met, Victor did not recognize his brother, mistaking him for a bandit. Having received the task of killing Chechen, Victor suspected that the customers were following him. Not worrying about his brother's safety, he asked him to help eliminate Chechen. Under the threat of life, he betrayed his brother Danila, handing him over to the bandits. Danila forgave Victor's betrayal and sent him to his mother, in Belozersk.
Alexey Balabanov opened the way for the actor to the wide screen. The film "Brother" made the artist really popular. The next, even more famous in the artist's career, was the painting "Brother 2". In it, the hero Sukhorukov was given more space. In 2003, Sukhorukov played two roles in historical paintings: "Golden Age" and "Poor, poor Paul". Now the actor plays on the stage of the Variety Theater and acts in films.
Famous works of Viktor Sukhorukov in the cinema: “Star of the era” (Nikita Khrushchev), “Zhmurki” (corrupt policeman), “Island” (father Filaret), “Oatmeal” (Vesa Sergeev), etc. In Orekhovo-Zuevo, in the artist’s homeland , honorary resident Viktor Sukhorukov in 2016 erected a bronze monument.
Svetlana Pismichenko - Light (1964)
During the murder of "Chechen", Danila was ambushed by the "Round" gang. The guy was hurt. Fleeing from the chase, he jumped into a freight tram driven by Sveta. Later, having recovered, Danila found the girl. There was sympathy between them. love connection did not prevent the marriage of a young woman. The husband drank and beat Sveta. Danila, having met the woman's husband, kicked him out of the house. They found Svetlana and the bandits looking for Danila. For "deception" they cruelly mocked a young woman.
Sergei Murzin - bandit "Round" (1965)
“Krugly” is a gangster who hired Victor to kill “Chechen”, who seized control of one of the markets. "Round" is a cold-blooded type who has a saying for every occasion. Suspecting that Victor took too much for the order, he ordered to follow him. Danila, having killed "Chechen", was ambushed instead of his brother. Having come to Victor, "Round" learned the name of Danila. At the request of his brother, Danila met with two Krugly fighters to fulfill another order - the murder of a certain Makar.
The role of "Round" went to Sergei Murzin. The film "Brother" made the artist famous. The role in the blockbuster was followed by a number of works in films that have become cult: (Kravchenko), "" (Stas), "The Krapivin Case" (Krapivin), "Fierce" (Pavel Severyanov). Sergey Murzin also opened a school acting skills. Performing on stage as an artist original genre. He became the director of a series of performances "Dialogues about Love".
Vyacheslav Butusov - Vyacheslav Butusov (1961)
Vyacheslav Butusov played himself in the film. For "Brother" the artist wrote the soundtrack. There is an episode in the film when Butusov, having mixed up the floor, enters the apartment where the bandits are sitting in ambush along with Danila. The guy recognizes his idol, and this saves the artist's life. Following Butusov, Danila goes up to the apartment on the floor above, where they celebrate his birthday. Bagrov sees that the guests who have gathered for the holiday - famous musicians.
- famous Russian rock musician, writer. The release year of the film "Brother" was also the year of the end of "Nautilus Pompilius" and the beginning of solo career artist. Since 1997, six of his solo albums have been released. Vyacheslav Butusov participated in creating music for the films "Brother-2", "", "War", "Needle Remix". In 2001, the artist collected new group"U-Piter", which included Georgy Kasparyan, Oleg Sakmarov, Evgeny Kulakov. Since 2007, three books have been published, authored by Vyacheslav Butusov. In 2017, the breakup of U-Piter was announced.
The film "Brother" - official trailer (video):
The Moscow football club "CSKA" is considered one of the most famous and most titled in Russia. Throughout history, the club has played a lot of players different levels. Now, the colors of the Moscow "army team" are defended by such players as Akinfeev, Ignashevich and the Berezutsky brothers. These are the current leaders and old-timers of the Red-Blues, who have served the club faithfully for many years.
The website journalists decided to dedicate this short article to the current stars of the Moscow “CSKA”, or rather their age. After reading the information below, you will find out how old Ignashevich, Akinfeev and the Berezutsky brothers (Alexey and Vasily) are.
CSKA old-timers: How old are they?
Igor Akinfeev
Position: goalkeeper
Age: 31
Akinfeev devoted his career to one club. As part of the Moscow "CSKA" Igor has grown to a world-class player. For many years, he has been a permanent gatekeeper not only for the “army team”, but also for the Russian national team. Akinfeev holds more than one record, and he is also ranked 15th in the IFFHS ranking of the best goalkeepers of the 21st century.
Sergey Ignashevich
Position: defender
Age: 38 years old
"Dad". This is how you can call Ignashevich, who has been playing for CSKA since 2004 and won many trophies with the club, including the UEFA Cup. Sergey is the record holder for the number of matches for the Russian national team, and he is also one of the four players who have played more than 400 games in the Russian championship. Ignashevich is the most productive Russian defender, as well as the most titled football player in Russia.
Despite his far from young age, Sergei Ignashevich continues to play on high level. He is a real legend of Russian football and an object of imitation for millions of fans.
Brothers Berezutsky (Vasily, Alexei)
Age: 35 years old
Position: defender
The twins Vasily and Alexei have been playing for the Moscow "army" since 2001. In CSKA, the brothers have established themselves as one of the best in Russia in the position of "defender". They won a lot of trophies, playing for the Moscow Grand, including the UEFA Cup. Also, the players play for the Russian national team, with which they went to the European Championship in 2008, 2012 and 2016. In 2017, the Berezutsky brothers turned 35 years old, but they still continue to play big football.
These are the old-timers of CSKA. All four (Akinfeev, Ignashevich, Brothers Berezutsky) are among the best players in Russia. They are true legends that the whole country should be proud of.
The data on the age of the above players is current at the time of publication of the article.
Alena Solntseva, "Free shooter" /:“According to rumors, the film “Brother” is the leader of Russian video distribution. They say that either five hundred thousand cassettes or four hundred have been sold. No one knows for sure, not even Pochinok. It is only known that this low-budget film, which cost about 200 thousand dollars to produce, paid for itself in the first weeks of sales.<…>Bodrov played a role that, for the first time in a decade, forced critics to talk about an exactly guessed type. modern hero. Even all these words have already been forgotten, but please. The film itself is very simple. But sure."
Alla Bossart, "Dream of defeat" /:"Brother" is like a movie, and remarkably similar. This is an objective phenomenon, which owes its fact not so much to Balabanov as to the liberated elements of Russian complexes.
1996 Alexei Balabanov, Sergei Selyanov and Sergei Bodrov, during the filming of "Brother" in St. Petersburg, tell for the TV show "Vzglyad" what kind of movie they are preparing there. Balabanov reveals the original meaning of the name, and Bodrov recalls how he did not want to say that very phrase about the Chechens.
Stanislav F. Rostotsky, "Brother" / Premiere:"Among Russian films lately from modern life"He compares favorably with style and quite modern (that is, sometimes incorrect and even less humane) humor. And most importantly - now, when almost every one of our tapes is at least a little bit “about bandits”, Balabanov, like no one else, managed to show the world of crime, accurately and tastefully combining almost folklore stylization and the harsh truth of life in the images of his illegal heroes. Perhaps this is not the best compliment to the director " happy days”and“ The Castle ”- films are quite aesthetic. But, on the other hand, who knows - if the director had not once started with Beckett and Kafka, the domestic “boys” would not have turned out so expressive and lively for him?
Evgeny Margolit, “Lament for a pioneer, or the German word “Apple China” /:"Brother" Alexei Balabanov for me<…>not "new" cinema, not "old" cinema, but art. And therefore fearless. It is clear that this is the work of a person with a genuine cinematic flair (which is a ba-a-l rarity in the era of video). But where does the intuition come from? And here I will answer: this is a movie of the ideal viewer. And I’ll clarify: the ideal viewer of the children’s pioneer cinema (and there were such in all cities of our then still vast Motherland), which, unlike many, has grown up. ”
Daniil Dondurei, “I’m not your brother, nit…” /:“The film, devoid of great ambitions at its core, suddenly became almost a manifesto of our latest cinema (the situation of the current ideological and aesthetic desert does not justify obviously overestimated estimates). Manifesto, which was met with enthusiasm by many publications. December "Kinopark": the character of Sergei Bodrov Jr. "recognized as new national hero... What happened so expected from the cinema: the name of the protagonist became a household name. A whole army of young people who are trying to find themselves in big city". And, frankly, it's sickening.<…>What a nice guy and hero. With a clear eye and with an art history squint, he surveys the amazing buildings of Voronikhin and Rastrelli. Well, if he kills some people there (and not “black-assed ones”), it’s because they are bad. In addition, Russians, especially relatives, are oppressed, and therefore he takes revenge almost like ... a Chechen.
May 1997 Video report in the Vzglyad program about the trip of Brother to the Cannes Film Festival.
Yuri Gladilshchikov, Plot for a Little Murder / Results:“Killer is the hero of our time. Murder has become commonplace. If earlier the killer was reputed to be a vile person, he knew to himself that he was a sinner and a sinner, now you can be both a killer and a charming good-natured man.<…>
The moral, as you might guess, is that killers are infantile. That in the soul of the hero "Nautilus" harmoniously coexists with its moral non-conformism and - the ability to kill serenely. A generation has grown up, on the one hand, seemingly grown-up (but in reality having mastered only one science - to defend and exterminate), and on the other hand, incapable of either repentance or reflection on death and villainy.
Elena Plakhova, "Critics about the film" / :“All the cries about the cruelty of the “Brother”, about the defiant impunity of evil, sound hypocritical against the documentary background of the domestic criminal epic. The idea of the educational role of art has to be left to Hollywood for the time being. Where, by the way, films of triumphant evil, with certain exceptions, have no place. As in the American box office: those who are trying to sell Balabanov's painting abroad have already had to deal with this.
Video chronicle from the Kinotavr festival in 1997. Balabanov tells how he fell in love with Russia and suddenly became a patriot, producer Selyanov stretched out on the lawn nearby. No one knows yet what "Brother" will become for a whole generation of viewers in the future.
Sergey Dobrotvorsky, "My elder brother" /:"AT in a certain sense the author shares fate in half with the hero. Both crossed a certain border. In the sense in which the great André Bazin spoke of the "ethics of the gaze." The bottom line is very simple: you should not look for moral motives inside or outside others. You must have the ethics of your own vision, and it will put everything in its place. Alexey Balabanov saw in current life something not seen, primarily because he did not take any of the points of view, one way or another decent topic. Traditionally judgmental (killing is bad!). Obediently acquittal (I kill, but what should I do?). And even fashionably courageous (to kill, so competently). The hero left for the capital with what he came with - loving his brother and a fan of the song "Wings". And what if the brother turned out to be Judas, and Slava Butusov will never know that in the apartment, the floor above which he was drinking, people were slaughtered at that moment? .. Such is life now. Alexey Balabanov saw her like that. Then the audience.
Victor Matizen, Film Critics / :“Bodrov is not an actor, he exists on the screen as an organic type. He does not reincarnate, but only uses natural psychomotor skills, the same in the role of the host of "Vzglyad" and in " Caucasian prisoner", where his hero is the son of a teacher, and in "Brother", where he is the son of a recidivist thief killed in the zone. Despite the fact that he himself is a boy, on whose face a good upbringing is written.
Alexander Troshin, "Critics about the film" /:“The surprising lack of emotion of the film interferes. And, prudent, as I see it. Otherwise, why is there a stiffened model instead of a professional actor - with one expression in his eyes for all ninety-six minutes and one, amateur-wooden, intonation?
Sergei Lavrentiev, “Why not a new Zbigniew Cybulski?” / "Culture":“A man who is destined to become the personification of Time and Generation has come to our cinema. And it’s very good that Bodrov Jr. is not an artist. The game is not for him. He should just be. And if in "The Prisoner of the Caucasus" the organic nature of this cinematic existence turned out to be more convincing than the brilliant talent of Oleg Menshikov, then in "Brother" there is no one to compare with Bodrov. To talk about a film is to talk about it.<…>One must be very concerned about the problems of modern interethnic relations so as not to see, in my opinion, the main thing in the character discovered by Balabanov and Bodrov. Danila Bagrov from "Brother" is Maczek Chelmicki from Andrzej Wajda's masterpiece Ashes and Diamond. They share a feeling unrequited love to the motherland."
