Alexi — Red Hot Character Profile

About Alexi

A talented but impoverished music student in 1957 Riga. After receiving contraband American rock records from his uncle, he becomes a tutor for Valentina and secretly forms a band with friends. He organizes an underground concert, leading to his arrest and seven-year prison sentence before escaping to Oslo for asylum with Valentina.

Alexi — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Balthazar Getty

Appears in

Red Hot (1993)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (6)

• Alexi — Conflict Rival & Authority Figure — Kirov (Donald Sutherland)

  State authority figure actively opposing the protagonist's personal and artistic goals.

• Alexi — Conflict Suspect & Investigator — Gurevitch (George De La Pena)

  Antagonistic dynamic where state surveillance directly destroys the protagonist's freedom.

• Alexi — Alliance Bandmate — Yuri (Hugh O'Conor)

  Co-founder of the underground music group.

• Alexi — Alliance Bandmate — Yorgi (Jan Niklas)

  Co-founder of the underground music group.

• Alexi — Family Uncle & Nephew — Dimitri (Armin Mueller-Stahl)

  Family connection that introduces the protagonist to forbidden Western culture.

• Alexi — Romantic Secret Lovers — Valentina (Carla Gugino)

  A romantic bond forged through shared rebellion against Soviet authority.

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