---
title: 'Burnt by the Sun (1994)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nikita Mikhalkov'
released: '1994-05-21'
runtime_minutes: 145
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Russia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/burnt-by-the-sun-1994'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111579/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Burnt by the Sun (1994)

1994 · 145 min · Drama, War, History · France, Russia

Original title: Утомлённые солнцем

## Synopsis

Burnt by the Sun is a 1994 Russian drama film starring, directed, written, and produced by Nikita Mikhalkov and co-written by Azerbaijani screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov. The film depicts the story of a senior Red Army officer, played by Mikhalkov, and his family during the Great Purge of the late 1930s in the Stalinist Soviet Union. While on vacation with his wife, young daughter, and assorted friends and family, things change dramatically for KomDiv Kotov when his wife's old lover, Dmitri, shows up after being away for many years. The film also stars Oleg Menshikov, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė and Mikhalkov's daughter Nadezhda Mikhalkova.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nikita Mikhalkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-mikhalkov)
- **Screenplay:** [Nikita Mikhalkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-mikhalkov), [Rustam Ibrahimbeyov](https://cinepixo.com/people/rustam-ibrahimbeyov)
- **Producer:** [Nikita Mikhalkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-mikhalkov), [Michel Seydoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-seydoux), [Leonid Vereshchagin](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-vereshchagin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Eduard Artemyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-artemyev)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vilen Kalyuta](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilen-kalyuta)
- **Editor:** [Enzo Meniconi](https://cinepixo.com/people/enzo-meniconi)

## Cast

- [Nikita Mikhalkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-mikhalkov) as Сергей
- [Vladimir Ilyin](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-ilyin)
- [Oleg Menshikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-menshikov) as Дмитрий
- [Svetlana Kryuchkova](https://cinepixo.com/people/svetlana-kryuchkova) as Мохова
- [Nina Arkhipova](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-arkhipova)
- [Nadezhda Mikhalkova](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadezhda-mikhalkova)
- [André Oumansky](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-oumansky)
- [Vyacheslav Tikhonov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vyacheslav-tikhonov) as Всеволод Константинович
- [Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingeborga-dapkunaite) as Маруся
- [Alla Kazanskaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/alla-kazanskaya)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/burnt-by-the-sun-1994
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