Utomlennye solntsem 2 (2010)

Epic film about WWII, a sequel to Burnt by the Sun (1994). Evil Stalin is terrorizing people of Russia while the Nazis are advancing. Russian officer Kotov, who miraculously survived the ... See full summary »

Director:

Nikita Mikhalkov

Writers:

Nikita Mikhalkov, Vladimir Moiseenko,

Stars:

Nikita Mikhalkov, Oleg Menshikov, Nadezhda Mikhalkova

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nikita Mikhalkov	...	Kotov
Oleg Menshikov	...	Mitya
Nadezhda Mikhalkova	...	Nadya
Sergey Makovetskiy	...	Lunin
Dmitriy Dyuzhev	...	Vanya
Artur Smolyaninov	...	Yurka
Andrey Merzlikin	...	Mayor-tankist Nikolay
Maksim Sukhanov	...	Stalin
Evgeniy Stychkin	...	Starley-saper
Yevgeny Mironov	...	Izyumov (as Evgeniy Mironov)
Andrey Panin	...	Kravets
Sergey Garmash	...	Beznogiy serzhant na barzhe
Viktoriya Tolstoganova	...	Marusya
Artyom Mikhalkov	...	Sazonov
Valeriy Zolotukhin	...	Pendyurin

Storyline

Epic film about WWII, a sequel to Burnt by the Sun (1994). Evil Stalin is terrorizing people of Russia while the Nazis are advancing. Russian officer Kotov, who miraculously survived the death sentence in Stalin's Purge, is now fighting in the front lines. His daughter, Nadia, who survived a rape attempt by Nazi soldiers, is now a nurse risking her own life to save others. In the war-torn nation even former enemies are fighting together to defend their land. People stand up united for the sake of victory. The deadly war comes at very high cost: the Nazis are killing people, burning villages, raping women, bombing churches, destroying bridges. Hoping to survive, Kotov and his daughter are having visions of each other, but their dreams fade amidst massive bombardment. Fire and smoke eclipses the sun. The land around becomes lifeless, defenseless and littered with the dead. Then the dead are covered by snow. Life is over. Only a butterfly is flying above the weapons and corpses, alluding...

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Plot Keywords:

nazi | stalin | death | killing | nurse | 

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp] Studiya TriTe [ru]

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

22 April 2010 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Burnt by the Sun 2

Filming Locations:

Azov Sea, Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Three T Productions, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Golden Eagle

Technical Specs

Runtime:

181 min 150 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Nikita Mikhalkov intentionally delayed the filming for eight years after the prequel. The delay allowed all actors to age naturally and look according their ages in the script. The film shows events of the 1940s, while its prequel shows events of the mid 1930s.

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Connections

Edited from Utomlennye solntsem 2 (2011)

User Reviews

spit on history

As everyone already knows this is the most expensive movie made in Russia. So I was expecting some good story and visual effects. But what we got was something awful. There is no story in the movie, it's more like "let's show them that scene, now let's show them this scene" and the connection between scenes is really unnatural. This movie is anti-historical. There were no "shtrafbat" in 1941, there were no German tanks under sails, Stalin was not looking like a zombie etc etc. And another thing is, that Red Army did fight against Germans, but for some reason Nikita Mikhalkov is showing us that Soviet Army is a bunch of scared and unorganized people. if things were like that Germans would have taken over Moscow in 41. Some of the scenes of this movie are so ridiculous that I do not even want to talk about them. For example, the scene where German shooter wants to s**t right out of a flying plane. That is impossible and you can't move your plot by creating impossible situations.

So, in conclusion, I would like to say that it is unpatriotic, stupid, anti-historical movie with very poor visual effects. Do not watch