Burnt by the Sun(1994)

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 repression, with telephone calls in the middle of the night spelling doom - and he knows that Dmitri isn't paying a social call...

Genre: Drama

Director: Nikita Mikhalkov

Actors: Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Vladimir Ilin, Alla Kazanskaya, Nina Arkhipova, Avangard Leontev

Release date: 1994-05-01

Country of origin: France, Russian Federation

Length: 2h 15m

Ratings:

• 7.8/10
• 81%