Burnt by the Sun

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

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...

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Release Date

May 1, 1994

Status

Released

Original Title

Утомлённые солнцем

Runtime

2h 15min

Budget

$2,800,000

Revenue

$2,616,503

Language

Russian

Production Companies

Caméra OneCanal+Studio Trite

Burnt by the Sun Trilogy

Part of

Burnt by the Sun Trilogy

Includes: Burnt by the Sun, Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel, Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus