Burnt by the Sun

1994 · 2h15 · Film

Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov

Starring Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Exhausted

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...

Original title

Утомлённые солнцем

Original language

Russian

Screenplay

Nikita Mikhalkov, Roustam Ibraguimbekov

Updated July 22, 2026

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