Sergei Bodrov

Directing

Sergei Bodrov

Born

1948-06-28 (78)

Place of birth

Khabarovsk, RSFSR, USSR

Known for

Directing

Credits

45 titles

Sergei Vladimirovich Bodrov (born June 28, 1948) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer. Bodrov was born in Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, USSR (now Russia). His son, actor Sergei Bodrov, Jr. was killed in an avalanche in the mountains of the North Caucasus on September 20, 2002 while shooting his film which was tentatively titled The Messenger. Bodrov's grandmother was ethnic Buryat which influenced his decision to film the movie Mongol. Bodrov currently has an apartment in Los Angeles and a ranch in Arizona. He is married to American film consultant Carolyn Cavallaro.

Known for

Seventh Son poster
5.5

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward.

Seventh Son

2014

Knight of Cups poster
5.7

Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence. Women provide a distraction to his daily pain, and every encounter brings him closer to finding his place in the world.

Knight of Cups

2015

Kalashnikov AK-47 poster
7.5

A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.

Kalashnikov AK-47

2020

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan poster
6.8

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

2007

Nomad: The Warrior poster
5.2

The Nomad is a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. The film is a fictionalised account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, as he grows and fights to defend the fortress at Hazrat-e Turkestan from Dzungar invaders.

Nomad: The Warrior

2005

Running Free poster
6.2

The tale of the extraordinary life and times of Lucky, a horse that was born in captivity but achieves his dream of running free with the help of a stableboy.

Running Free

1999

Film credits

2000s · 1 titles

Behind the camera

Seventh Son poster
5.5

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward.

Seventh Son

2014

Kalashnikov AK-47 poster
7.5

A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.

Kalashnikov AK-47

2020

Kalashnikov AK-47 poster
7.5

A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.

Kalashnikov AK-47

2020

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan poster
6.8

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

2007

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan poster
6.8

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

2007

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan poster
6.8

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

2007

Nomad: The Warrior poster
5.2

The Nomad is a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. The film is a fictionalised account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, as he grows and fights to defend the fortress at Hazrat-e Turkestan from Dzungar invaders.

Nomad: The Warrior

2005

Running Free poster
6.2

The tale of the extraordinary life and times of Lucky, a horse that was born in captivity but achieves his dream of running free with the help of a stableboy.

Running Free

1999

Bear's Kiss poster
5.0

A fairy tale-like love story between young circus artist Lola and the bear Misha, who one day transforms into a human being.

Bear's Kiss

2002

Bear's Kiss poster
5.0

A fairy tale-like love story between young circus artist Lola and the bear Misha, who one day transforms into a human being.

Bear's Kiss

2002

Bear's Kiss poster
5.0

A fairy tale-like love story between young circus artist Lola and the bear Misha, who one day transforms into a human being.

Bear's Kiss

2002

Somebody to Love poster
5.2

Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in love with Mercedes, but he doesn't dance or have money.

Somebody to Love

1994

The Quickie poster
4.7

A crime soap opera about a Russian mobster retiring from "the business" on New Year's Eve, only to discover he has been targeted for death by a rival mobster.

The Quickie

2001

The Quickie poster
4.7

A crime soap opera about a Russian mobster retiring from "the business" on New Year's Eve, only to discover he has been targeted for death by a rival mobster.

The Quickie

2001

The Quickie poster
4.7

A crime soap opera about a Russian mobster retiring from "the business" on New Year's Eve, only to discover he has been targeted for death by a rival mobster.

The Quickie

2001

Sisters poster
6.8

A movie about two sisters - thirteen year old Sveta, poor and abandoned by her father, who longs to go off and be a sniper in the army, and spoilt eight-year old Dina, doted on by her gangster father...

Sisters

2001

East/West poster
6.4

June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) are sent to Kiev. She wants to return to France immediately; he knows that they are captives and must watch every step.

East/West

1999

42 One Dream Rush poster
6.0

An omnibus project bringing together acclaimed directors from around the world, each contributing a 42-second short inspired by a dream. Produced by 42 Below vodka, the collection blends surreal, poetic, and experimental visions into a mosaic of oneiric cinema.

42 One Dream Rush

2010

Paradise Club poster
2.9

During the height of the social revolution, a young dancer searches for salvation when she chooses to leave paradise.

Paradise Club

2017

Schizo poster
5.3

Fifteen year old Mustafa has a nickname Schizo. He is hired by his mother’s boyfriend to find fighters for illegal fistfights. His life is changed forever when a young man mortally beaten in one of the fights asks Schizo to deliver his prize money to his girlfriend and young son. Schizo takes the money to the woman as promised and falls in love with her. Now he knows for whom he has to make money, no matter what the cost. In fistfights there are no rules… until blood is spilled!

Schizo

2004

Schizo poster
5.3

Fifteen year old Mustafa has a nickname Schizo. He is hired by his mother’s boyfriend to find fighters for illegal fistfights. His life is changed forever when a young man mortally beaten in one of the fights asks Schizo to deliver his prize money to his girlfriend and young son. Schizo takes the money to the woman as promised and falls in love with her. Now he knows for whom he has to make money, no matter what the cost. In fistfights there are no rules… until blood is spilled!

Schizo

2004

Prisoner of the Mountains poster
6.7

Two Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son.

Prisoner of the Mountains

1996

Prisoner of the Mountains poster
6.7

Two Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son.

Prisoner of the Mountains

1996

The Bird of Paradise poster
NR

It is about a young rural beauty's attempt to break free from the traditional constraints of her predetermined female destiny.

The Bird of Paradise

1991

Land of Legends poster
7.0

The history of the confrontation between two worlds: the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Ural Parma, the ancient Perm lands inhabited by pagans. Here heroes and ghosts, princes and shamans, Voguls and Muscovites will clash. At the center of the conflict of civilizations is the fate of the Russian prince Mikhail, who fell in love with the young Tiche, a witch-lamia capable of taking on the form of a lynx. Passion for the pagan and fidelity to forbidden love, a campaign against the Voguls, bloody battles and a short peace, the battle between Muscovy and Parma, the hero will face trials in which it is not so terrible to part with life as to commit treason.

Land of Legends

2022

Troublemaker poster
4.0

A graduate of the village school Pyotr Gorokhov from the village of Dyadkovo comes to Moscow to enter a prestigious economic university; he succeeds, albeit literally by a miracle. However, Petya was always helped out by chance and mysticism. Compared to other students (mostly Muscovites and residents of other big cities), this guy from the province stands out sharply — both in manners, in reprimand, and in behavior. Accustomed to defend their principles to the end of Gorokhov was called Balamut (Troublemaker). Nevertheless, in the student community, he quickly mastered and became a leader. Everything would be fine, but he has two problems — unrequited love for the dark-skinned beauty from Cuba and English...

Troublemaker

1979

Молодые люди poster
3.7

Young men left for the construction of a new city in Siberia. The film is about friendship and the first hard tests of a man's character.

Молодые люди

1984

Stories on Human Rights poster
2.2

20 short films about human rights.

Stories on Human Rights

2008

Stories on Human Rights poster
2.2

20 short films about human rights.

Stories on Human Rights

2008

Stories on Human Rights poster
2.2

20 short films about human rights.

Stories on Human Rights

2008

The Son poster
NR

The war years. Young Batyr takes on the responsibility of caring for his mother and newborn sister. The boy's father, a renowned dutar player in the village, has been killed in action. Batyr decides to master the complex art of dutar playing. However, with the ongoing war, there is no time for music schools in the rear. Despite the challenges, the determined young boy conquers the instrument, and his mother is overjoyed to see him grow into a responsible adult.

The Son

1989

The Mechanic Gavrilov's Beloved Woman poster
5.5

Story of 38-years-old Rita whose fiance didn't show up at their wedding.

The Mechanic Gavrilov's Beloved Woman

1982

A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries poster
4.6

Yuriko, a daughter of Yakudza boss is lost in Russia. Here she finds Alexey - a young man who is trying to help her.

A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries

2010

A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries poster
4.6

Yuriko, a daughter of Yakudza boss is lost in Russia. Here she finds Alexey - a young man who is trying to help her.

A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries

2010

A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries poster
4.6

Yuriko, a daughter of Yakudza boss is lost in Russia. Here she finds Alexey - a young man who is trying to help her.

A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries

2010

Help Me, Bros! poster
7.6

Boyars are trying to marry their tsar in a country of far far away.

Help Me, Bros!

1989

My Home on the Green Hills poster
10.0

It's so different — the world of our childhood. For Arman, the little hero of the film, these are endless meadows and snow—white flocks of sheep grazing on the steep slopes of green hills, the calm warmth of a yurt, an ancient stone baba, to which a real hunting golden eagle arrives every day, a smart dog Aktaban, boundless expanse and clear sky overhead. And suddenly this familiar world narrowed down to the size of a city boarding school with unusual laws, unfamiliar people - Arman went to the first grade.

My Home on the Green Hills

1985

Frenchman poster
5.0

Two years after the end of the war, Anna is raising her two sons all by herself. After her husband suddenly comes back from captivity, the boys struggle to get used to the father they have nearly forgotten.

Frenchman

1988

The Gambler poster
5.6

The story of a player who entered the environment of professional gamblers in the hope of breaking a big jackpot.

The Gambler

1989

The Gambler poster
5.6

The story of a player who entered the environment of professional gamblers in the hope of breaking a big jackpot.

The Gambler

1989