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 [Japan] Studiya TriTe [Russia]

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

22 April 2010 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Auringon polttama 2: Exodus

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

The main hero, Kotov, was sentenced to death in the end of the prequel, Burnt by the Sun, but he escapes from death and is fighting in the front-lines in WWII. His adversary, Mitya, had a failed suicide attempt by cutting his veins in the end of the prequel, but he survived.

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Connections

Referenced in Pozner: Nikita Mikhalkov (2010)

User Reviews

Worst movie ever

It's obvious that Mikhalkov is dead as a director and was never born as an actor. Pathetic, too long and without any sense this film was made on government's money and that is funny, 'cause those money would better be spent somewhere on the social sphere. The way that Mikhalkov looks at his daughter through this film makes me think he is a sick man. It's OK to help own children to achieve something, but not sticking them in every own project to make spectators vomit. Also the fact that children from schools was made to watch this film and their parents were made to buy them tickets make me sick, 'cause no one wanted to look at this piece of crap and waste their time, but this is how the bank was made.