Burnt by the Sun
Утомлённые солнцем
“ A moving and poignant story set against the corrupt politics of the Stalinist era. ”
CINEMA1994-05-01
DIGITAL2011-03-10
RegionRU / FR
Runtime135 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“A sunlit, devastating Russian masterpiece exposing the chilling personal tragedies behind Stalin’s Great Purges.”
Storyline
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 Koto
DIRECTOR / Director
尼基塔·米哈尔科夫
KEYWORDS
husband wife relationshipcolonel
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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 repre
