Burnt by the Sun
1994 · 135 min · Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
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Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his village 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...
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Burnt by the Sun (1994) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Anxiety 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Melancholy30%
- Anxiety25%
- Tension20%
- Sadness15%
- Empathy10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Anxiety, Tension. Genres: Drama, War. AI estimate.
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Cast
Nadya
Vsevolod Konstantinovich
Mokhova
Lidia Stepanovna
Elena Mikhailovna
chauffeur
Olga Nikolaevna
Lyuba
NKVD officer
NKVD employee
2nd NKVD officer
episode
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Details
- Directed by
- Nikita Mikhalkov
- Written by
- Nikita Mikhalkov, Rustam Ibragimbekov
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1994
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Country
- Russia, France
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Melancholy
- Data updated
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