Burnt by the Sun
A moving and poignant story set against the corrupt politics of the Stalinist era.
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Burnt by the Sun
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...
Orignal Title
Утомлённые солнцем
Orignal Language
ru
Duration
2 hr 15 min
Collection
Burnt by the Sun Trilogy
Genre
Drama
Status
Released
Release Data
1994-05-01
Produced By
Caméra One, Canal+, Studio Trite