Burnt by the Sun

Movie · Drama · History

In the Soviet Union during the summer of 1936, Army commander Sergei Petrovich Kotov (Nikita Mikhalkov), his wife, Marusia (Ingeborga Dapkounaite) and his daughter, Nadya (Nadezhda Mikhalkova), are enjoying their family vacation. Marusia's lost love, Mitya (Oleg Menchikov), missing for 13 years, suddenly shows up at her family's dacha. Although he's greeted warmly, Mitya has a secret agenda: to arrest Kotov for his part in a nonexistent conspiracy to assassinate Stalin.

1994 · 2h 14m

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Burnt by the Sun

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In the Soviet Union during the summer of 1936, Army commander Sergei Petrovich Kotov (Nikita Mikhalkov), his wife, Marusia (Ingeborga Dapkounaite) and his daughter, Nadya (Nadezhda Mikhalkova), are enjoying their family vacation. Marusia's lost love, Mitya (Oleg Menchikov), missing for 13 years, suddenly shows up at her family's dacha. Although he's greeted warmly, Mitya has a secret agenda: to arrest Kotov for his part in a nonexistent conspiracy to assassinate Stalin.

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Studio
Studio “TRITE”, Camera One (France) in association with Roskomkino, “Russian Club” (Nizhny Novgorod), CANAL+ (France)
Released
1994
Run Time
2 hr 14 min
Rated
16+
Regions of Origin
Russia, France, United States
© 1994 Camera One and Studio Trite. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
Russian, Russian (Russia), French, English (United States)
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Russian (Russia)