Burnt by the Sun (1994)
Original title: Utomlyonnye solntsem
dir: Nikita Mikhalkov
The film opens in 1936, just before Joseph Stalin's Great Purge. Colonel Sergei Kotov (Nikita Mikhalkov), an Old Bolshevik and decorated hero of the Russian Civil War, is enjoying life in his country dacha. Alongside him is his wife Maroussia (Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė), their daughter Nadia, and Maroussia's large and eccentric family of Chekhovian aristocrats. The charismatic Kotov, relaxed in his semi-retirement, is held in awe by all who surround him.
Cast:
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Oleg Menshikov
Dimitri
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Nikita Mikhalkov
Col. Sergei Petrovich Kotov
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Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Marusia
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Nadezhda Mikhalkova
Nadya
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André Oumansky
Philippe
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Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Vsevolod
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Svetlana Kryuchkova
Mokhova
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Vladimir Ilyin
Kirik
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Alla A. Kazanskaya
Lidiya Stepanovna
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Nina Arkhipova
Yelena Mikhajlovna
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Avangard Leontyev
Chauffeur
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Inna Ulyanova
Olga Nikolayevna
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Lyubov Rudneva
Lyuba
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Vladimir Ryabov
NKVD officer
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Vladimir Belousov
NKVD man #1
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Aleksei Pokatilov
NKVD man #2
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Yevgeni Mironov
Lieutenant
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Nino Abuladze
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T. Akopova
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Ion Aksenti
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M. Bacharov
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G. Barinov
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I. Buzikina
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Valeri Denisov
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G. Dronov
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A. Yermilov
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O. Feoktistov
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V. Posmetukhov
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L. Rounova
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Z. Sidorkova
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L. Chebylkin
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V. Tyuremnov
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Marat Basharov