52 minSeason 1 • Episode 15
LatestBelov is informed of the murder of Phil and his wife Tonya in the hospital. On the day of the funeral of Cosmos, Pchela, Phil and Tonya, the car in which the Belov family was supposed to arrive explodes. Kaverin and Arthur, guarded by Max, are building a shopping center.
A quartet of childhood pals who create a business together find themselves at the core of a powerful Moscow gang in the aftermath of an unplanned murder.
Acting
Bezrukov's Belov became a generation's antihero template
Production
Captures 1990s Moscow with documentary-level authenticity
Writing
Sidorov's script defined post-Soviet crime storytelling
Sergei Bezrukov
Александр Белов (Саша Белый)
Dmitriy Dyuzhev
Космос Холмогоров (Кос)
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Валерий Филатов (Фил)
Pavel Maykov
Виктор Пчёлкин (Пчёла)
Andrei Panin
Владимир Каверин
Ekaterina Guseva
Ольга Сурикова
Mukhamadali Makhmadov
Абдула-Нури
Aleksandr Vysokovskiy
Максим Карельских
Mariya Aronova
Екатерина Николаевна
Sergey Aprelsky
Сергей Мухин
Aleksandr Belyavskiy
Виктор Петрович Зорин
Anatoliy Belyy
подручный Введенского
Sergey Garmash
Александр Тучков (Сан Саныч)
Nikolay Eryomenko
Юрий Холмогоров
Mikhail Zhigalov
Лука
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brigada became instant post-Soviet mythology — 'Belov' entered Russian slang as shorthand for ambitious criminal charm. The series essentially created the modern Russian gangster aesthetic.
The famous final shootout required closing actual Moscow streets for three days, unprecedented for Russian television at the time. Bezrukov performed his own motorcycle stunts until insurance intervened.
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