Burnt by the Sun (1994)
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...
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $2,800,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $2,616,503.00 |
| Original Language | ru |
| Popularity | 5.138 |
Directed By
Nikita Mikhalkov
Crew
Nikita Mikhalkov
Nikita Mikhalkov
Alexander Delvig
Nicole Canne
Leonid Vereshchagin
Michael Ermogeni
André Rigaut
Aleksandr Samulekin
Larisa Avdyushko
Marina Nigmatulina
Michel Seydoux
Natalya Ivanova
Nikita Mikhalkov
Vilen Kalyuta
Jean-Louis Piel
Jean Umansky
Thierry Lebon
Enzo Meniconi
Vladimir Aronin
Armand Barbault
Vladimir Sedov
Vladimir Krasinsky
Rustam Ibragimbekov
Eduard Artemyev
TOP CAST
Nikita Mikhalkov
Col. Sergei Petrovich Kotov
Oleg Menshikov
Dimitri (Mitya)
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Marusia
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Vsevolod
Nadezhda Mikhalkova
Nadya Kotova
André Oumansky
Philippe
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