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Burnt by the Sun (1994)

Utomlennye solntsem (original title)
R | | Drama, War | 21 April 1995 (USA)
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Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his village with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends. Things... See full summary »

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Cast overview, first billed only:
... Dmitriy
... Sergey
... Marusya (as Ingeborga Dapkunayte)
Nadezhda Mikhalkova ... Nadya (as Nadya Mikhalkova)
... Vsevolod Konstantinovich
... Mokhova
... Kirik
Alla Kazanskaya ... Lidiya Stepanovna
Nina Arkhipova ... Elena Mikhaylovna
... Shofer
André Oumansky ... Filipp (as Andre Umanskiy)
... Olga Nikolaevna
Lyubov Rudneva ... Lyuba
Vladimir Ryabov ... Ofitser NKVD
Vladimir Belousov ... Sotrudnik NKVD
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Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his village 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>

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A moving and poignant story set against the corrupt politics of the Stalinist era. See more »

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Drama | War

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Rated R for some language and sexuality | See all certifications »

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$2,800,000 (estimated)

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$2,616,503
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Trivia

The title song is "To ostatnia niedziela" written in 1935 by Jerzy Petersburski with Polish lyrics by Zenon Fredwald. In 1936 the first Russian version was recorded by Klavdiya Shulzhenko. That same year, Aleksandr Tsfasman recorded his version with new Russian lyrics by Iosif Albeck who wrote the opening line: "Utomlyonnoe solntse... " Burnt by the Sun is a loose English translation of the song title, alluding to Soviet dictatorship hoisting Stalin to the sun. See more »

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Spoofed in Starye pesni o glavnom (1996) See more »

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Vesti la Giuba
(uncredited) from 'Pagliacci'
Written by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Played by Mitya on the piano
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Magnificent film
26 June 2004 | by – See all my reviews

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.
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