Burnt by the Sun (1994)
Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov · 135 min · Drama
56.1 TOPICAL score · #1,517 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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...
Burnt by the Sun (1994, directed by Nikita Mikhalkov) has a TOPICAL score of 56.1 - ranked 1,517 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and historical impact, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 4 awards from 5 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Critics: 81% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.1/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.9/10 (215 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 47 languages.
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- Critics81% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.1/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.9/10 (215 ratings)
- Awards4 wins, 5 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best International Feature Film; Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix; Silver nugget for the best foreign film
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 47 languages
- Still read8,067 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Nadezhda Mikhalkova