Burnt by the Sun
(1994)
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Burnt by the Sun
(1994)
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Oleg Menshikov | ... |
Dmitriy
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| Nikita Mikhalkov | ... |
Sergey
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| Ingeborga Dapkunaite | ... |
Marusya
(as Ingeborga Dapkunayte)
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Nadezhda Mikhalkova | ... |
Nadya
(as Nadya Mikhalkova)
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Vyacheslav Tikhonov | ... |
Vsevolod Konstantinovich
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Svetlana Kryuchkova | ... |
Mokhova
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Vladimir Ilin | ... | |
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Alla Kazanskaya | ... |
Lidiya Stepanovna
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Nina Arkhipova | ... |
Elena Mikhaylovna
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Avangard Leontev | ... |
Shofer
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André Oumansky | ... |
Filipp
(as Andre Umanskiy)
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Inna Ulyanova | ... |
Olga Nikolaevna
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Lyubov Rudneva | ... |
Lyuba
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Vladimir Ryabov | ... |
Ofitser NKVD
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Vladimir Belousov | ... |
Sotrudnik NKVD
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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... Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
Beautiful film, full of humanity and honest in ways sometimes jarring, but always right on target. A westerner gets a sense of the depth of love for mother Russia, as well as the difficulty many faced during the 1930's Stalinist years. The film is a winner, and worth seeing more than once. The performance by the little girl is incredible; I was taken by her talent and smarts. One of the best films I've seen this year. Thumbs up. Two thumbs up.