Burnt by the Sun
Original DVD poster
Directed by	Nikita Mikhalkov
Produced by	Nikita Mikhalkov Michel Seydoux
Written by	Rustam Ibragimbekov Nikita Mikhalkov
Starring	Oleg Menshikov Nikita Mikhalkov Ingeborga Dapkunaite Nadezhda Mikhalkova
Music by	Eduard Artemyev
Cinematography	Vilen Kalyuta
Editing by	Enzo Meniconi
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release date(s)	May 21, 1994
Running time	152 min.
Language	Russian/French
Budget	$2,800,000 (estimated)
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For other articles with similar names, see Burnt by the Sun (disambiguation).

Burnt by the Sun (original name Утомлённые солнцем, Utomlyonnye solntsem) is a 1994 film by Russian director and actor Nikita Mikhalkov. The film received the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, among many other honours. Image File history File links 232456. ... Nikita Mikhalkov in the 2005 Fandorin movie The Councillor of State. ... Nikita Mikhalkov in the 2005 Fandorin movie The Councillor of State. ... Rustam Ibragimbekov Rustam Ibragimbekov (RüstÉ™m MÉ™mmÉ™d Ä°brahim oÄŸlu Ä°brahimbÉ™yov in Azeri) (born February 5, 1939 in Baku, Azerbaijan) is Azerbaijani screenwriter, dramatist and producer, well known beyond his home Azerbaijan and CIS. Ibragimbekov graduated from Azerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute, then studied script writing... Nikita Mikhalkov in the 2005 Fandorin movie The Councillor of State. ... Oleg Menshikov (right) in the 2005 Fandorin-movie The Councillor of State. ... Nikita Mikhalkov in the 2005 Fandorin movie The Councillor of State. ... Ingeborga DapkÅ«naitÄ— (born January 20, 1963 in Vilnius) is a well-known Lithuanian actress. ... Eduard Nikolayevitch Artemyev (born 1937) is a Russian composer of electronic music. ... Vilen Kalyuta was an Armenian cinematographer. ... Sony Pictures Classics is the specialty films division of Sony Pictures. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Burnt by the Sun can refer to: Burnt by the Sun, a Russian film; Burnt by the Sun (band), a New Jersey-based heavy metal band Category: ... // November 1 - George Lucas leaves the day-to-day operations of his filmmaking business and starts a sabbatical (while on sabbatical, he wrote the prequel Star Wars trilogy). ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nikita Mikhalkov in the 2005 Fandorin movie The Councillor of State. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... As a Special Award 1947 Shoeshine (Sciuscià) (Italy) - Societa Co-operativa Alfa Cinematografica - Paolo William Tamburella producer - Vittorio De Sica director 1948 Monsieur Vincent (France) - E. D. I. C., Union Général Cinématographique - George de la Grandiere producer - Maurice Cloche director 1949 The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette...

Plot

The film is set in the mid-1930s, just before the Great Purge, when millions of people in the Soviet Union were repressed and branded enemies of the people under a campaign unleashed by the Stalin regime. Colonel Sergei Kotov (played by Nikita Mikhalkov), a military hero of the Bolshevik revolution, is enjoying the sweet life in his dacha or country house, together with his captivating young wife Maroussia, played by Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, their six-year-old daughter Nadia and numerous family members and friends. Kotov, relaxed and filled with humour in his semi-retirement, is held in awe by those who surround him. He is also very patriotic and dedicated to the Soviet cause; in addition to having a photograph of him with Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, Kotov, while boating with his daughter, remarks that the rise of Soviet power will mean the end of fleeing. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Great Purge (Russian: , transliterated Bolshaya chistka) is the name given to campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin during the late 1930s. ... For the play by Henrik Ibsen, see An Enemy of the People. ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვი&#4314... Colonel (IPA: or ) is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with the corresponding ranks existing in nearly every country in the world. ... The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ... Dacha of Boris Pasternak in Peredelkino. ... Ingeborga DapkÅ«naitÄ— is a Lithuanian actress born on 20 January 1963 in Vilnius the capital of Lithuania in what was then the Soviet Union. ... Stalin redirects here. ...

Into this idyllic setting enters Dimitri, played by Oleg Menshikov, a young man who was Maroussia's lover a decade ago, before leaving under mysterious circumstances. Dimitri now works for Stalin's secret police, the NKVD, and it becomes clear that despite his humorous, friendly nature he has returned with an agenda. He has secret orders to arrest Maroussia's husband, accusing him of spying for the Germans since 1920 and the Japanese since 1923. This is revenge to some extent, as the reason why he had to leave Maroussia was that Kotov had sent him abroad on duty (Dimitri was qualified, speaking various languages). Eventually Kotov is taken away in a black car; despite Kotov's threats to phone Stalin himself, Kotov is badly beaten and a witness is shot. Kotov himself is later executed, after which Dimitri - as the last scenes of the movie reveal - commits suicide. Oleg Menshikov (right) in the 2005 Fandorin-movie The Councillor of State. ... The NKVD (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del )(Russian: НКВД, Народный комиссариат внутренних дел) or Peoples Commisariat for Internal Affairs was a government department which handled a number of the Soviet Unions affairs of state. ...

Title

The title of the film derives from a popular 1930s song composed by Jerzy Petersburski. Originally the Polish tango Ta ostatnia niedziela, it became popular in the Soviet Union with the new Russian lyrics as Утомлённое солнце (Utomlyonnoye solntse, Weary Sun) and later was performed by Leonid Utyosov. Present also at various points in the film is a mysterious orb of light; the film states at the end that it is dedicated to those "burnt by the sun" of the Revolution ("weary with the sun" in the Russian title). Gold & Petersburski Orchestra Jerzy Petersburski (born Jerzy Melodysta; 1897 – 1979) was a Polish pianist and composer of popular music, renown mostly for his Tangos, some of which (such as Ta ostatnia niedziela, Już nigdy and Tango Milonga) were milestones in popularization of the musical genre in Poland and are still... Ta ostatnia niedziela (This is our Last Sunday; 1935) is one of the long-time hits of Jerzy Petersburski. ... Utyosov in Jolly Fellows (1934). ...

Sequel

In recent years, Nikita Mikhalkov has been preparing a sequel called Burnt by the Sun - 2 ^[1]; the main characters like Kotov and Mitya are supposed to 'resurrect'. Nikita Mikhalkov in the 2005 Fandorin movie The Councillor of State. ...

External links

• Mikhalkov Productions
• Burnt by the Sun at the Internet Movie Database

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References

1. ^ http://kino-express.ru/movies/us2