Burnt by the Sun (1994)
Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov
Drama / History
aka: Utomlennye solntsem
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
Film Synopsis
In 1936, Sergei Petrovitch Kotov, a colonel in the Red Army and a committed communist, is staying at his dacha in the vicinity of Moscow. He is enjoying a well-deserved rest with his wife Maroussia and young daughter Nadia. A tolerant man, he welcomes several members of his wife's family, who include bourgeois intellectuals who are hostile to communism. Maroussia's former lover has become an agent in Stalin's political police. He is the man tasked with arresting Sergei, suspected of idealism...© James Travers
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Film Credits
- Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
- Script: Rustam Ibragimbekov (dialogue), Nikita Mikhalkov
- Cinematographer: Vilen Kalyuta
- Music: Eduard Artemev
- Cast: Oleg Menshikov (Dmitriy), Nikita Mikhalkov (Sergey), Ingeborga Dapkunaite (Marusya), Nadezhda Mikhalkova (Nadya), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (Vsevolod Konstantinovich), Svetlana Kryuchkova (Mokhova), Vladimir Ilin (Kirik), Alla Kazanskaya (Lidiya Stepanovna), Nina Arkhipova (Elena Mikhaylovna), Avangard Leontev (Shofer), André Oumansky (Filipp), Inna Ulyanova (Olga Nikolaevna), Lyubov Rudneva (Lyuba), Vladimir Ryabov (Ofitser NKVD), Vladimir Belousov (Sotrudnik NKVD), Aleksey Pokatilov (2-oy sotrudnik NKVD), Yevgeny Mironov (Leytenant), Natela Abuladze (Vozhataya pionerskogo otryada), Tamara Akopova, Yuriy Aksentiy
- Country: Russia / France
- Language: Russian / French
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 135 min
- Aka: Utomlennye solntsem
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