Burnt by the Sun

Burnt by the Sun

Burnt by the Sun

A moving and poignant story set against the corrupt politics of the Stalinist era.

May 1, 1994 · 2h 15m · Drama

⭐ 6.9· 200 votes

Director Nikita Mikhalkov

Writer Nikita Mikhalkov

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Part of the Burnt by the Sun Trilogy

Burnt by the Sun

Burnt by the Sun

May 1, 1994

Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus

Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus

Apr 22, 2010

Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel

Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel

May 5, 2011

Overview

Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends. Things change dramatically with the unheralded arrival of Cousin Dmitri from Moscow, who charms the women and little Nadia with his games and pianistic bravura. But Kotov isn't fooled: this is the time of Stalin's repression, with telephone calls in the middle of the night spelling doom - and he knows that Dmitri isn't paying a social call...

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Cast

Oleg Menshikov

Oleg Menshikov

Dmitry

Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Mikhalkov

Sergey

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

Marusya

Nadezhda Mikhalkova

Nadezhda Mikhalkova

Nadya

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Vsevolod Konstantinovich

Svetlana Kryuchkova

Svetlana Kryuchkova

Mokhova

Vladimir Ilin

Vladimir Ilin

Kirik

Alla Kazanskaya

Alla Kazanskaya

Lidia Stepanovna

Nina Arkhipova

Nina Arkhipova

Elena Mikhailovna

Avangard Leontyev

Avangard Leontyev

chauffeur

André Oumansky

André Oumansky

Filipp

Inna Ulyanova

Inna Ulyanova

Olga Nikolaevna

Lyubov Rudneva

Lyubov Rudneva

Lyuba

Vladimir Ryabov

Vladimir Ryabov

NKVD officer

Vladimir Belousov

Vladimir Belousov

NKVD employee