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Burnt by the Sun

Original title: Utomlennye solntsem · Turkish title: Güneş yanığı

“A moving and poignant story set against the corrupt politics of the Stalinist era.”

1994 · 2 h 15 min
Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov
DramaWar

Cast

Nikita Mikhalkov Oleg Menshikov Nadezhda Mikhalkova

Credits

Written by: Nikita Mikhalkov

Plot

On a summer day in 1936, a Red Army colonel, Kotov, and his family relax at their dacha in the Russian countryside. The arrival of Mitya, a former lover of his wife, who is now an agent of the secret police, brings the fears of Stalin's terror into the idyll. Nikita Mikhalkov's 1994 film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Grand Prix at Cannes.

Sinekatalog’s take

Nikita Mikhalkov's Oscar-winning drama of a summer day at a Stalin-era dacha turns from idyll to dread. Warm and then devastating, it shows how terror intrudes on ordinary happiness.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (17,469 votes)
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