Burnt by the Sun

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-04-21

Languages:

Russian, French

Countries:

Russia, France

Runtime:

135 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(10385 Reviews)

Director:

Nikita Mikhalkov

Genres:

Drama History War

Cast:

Oleg Menshikov Nikita Mikhalkov Ingeborga Dapkunaite Nadezhda Mikhalkova

Writer:

Rustam Ibragimbekov (dialogue)

Rustam Ibragimbekov (screenplay)

Nikita Mikhalkov (screenplay)

Nikita Mikhalkov (story)

Fullplot:

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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