Burnt by the Sun

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Burnt by the Sun is a 1994 Russian historical drama film set in the Stalinist 1930s that explores political repression and personal betrayal, and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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instanceOf Russian film
film
alsoKnownAs Утомлённые солнцем NERFINISHED
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film NERFINISHED
Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED
basedOn original screenplay
cinematographyBy Mikhail Agranovich NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Russia
depicts Great Purge atmosphere
director Nikita Mikhalkov NERFINISHED
distributedBy Sony Pictures Classics NERFINISHED
distributedIn United States of America
surface form: United States
editedBy Inna Churikova NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Russia NERFINISHED
genre drama film
historical drama
hasSequel Burnt by the Sun 2 NERFINISHED
Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel NERFINISHED
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Dmitri NERFINISHED
Marusya Kotova NERFINISHED
Sergei Petrovich Kotov NERFINISHED
mainTheme personal betrayal
political repression
musicBy Eduard Artemyev NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus family life under Stalinism
originalLanguage Russian
portrayedBy Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė NERFINISHED
Nikita Mikhalkov NERFINISHED
Oleg Menshikov NERFINISHED
posterCharacter little girl with sun balloon
producer Nikita Mikhalkov NERFINISHED
productionCompany Mosfilm NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1994-05-21
releaseYear 1994
runtimeMinutes 135
screenedAt Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED
setDuring Stalinist era
setInCountry Soviet Union NERFINISHED
setInTimePeriod 1930s
subtitledIn English
timeOfStory summer 1936
titleLanguage Russian
writer Nikita Mikhalkov NERFINISHED
Rustam Ibragimbekov NERFINISHED

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Nikita Mikhalkov directed Burnt by the Sun
Nikita Mikhalkov notableWork Burnt by the Sun