Burnt by the Sun
- Oleg Menshikov: Dimitrij
- Nikita Mikhalkov: Sergei Petrovich Kotov
- Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė: Marusia
The sun, which deceives us ( in Russian: солнцем Утомлённые, Utomljonnyje solnzem ) is a Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov, 1994.
Action
The literal translation of the movie title is " The sun of the weary ." The film is ostensibly a Soviet family in the summer of 1936., The senior division commander Sergei Petrovich Kotov, father of a young daughter and husband of Maria, receives his old acquaintance Dimitrij, who formerly had a close relationship with Marija, at the family home. To get rid of the former rivals, the revolutionary hero Kotov had misconduct Dimitrij once forced into the NKVD, on whose behalf this had to spy on the Paris emigre circles. It is returned to Russia now, to settle the old score with Kotov. The well- respected agent of the NKVD revenge on Kotov, by playing cat and mouse with him and eventually cares for their removal - as part of the Great Terror in the summer of 1936 At the end of the film you can see Dimitrij die by suicide -. , And that Kotov was shot.
The song
The song is heard several times throughout the film, was originally a Polish tango titled Ta Ostatnia niedziela ( This is our last Sunday). In the Soviet Union, he got a new text and became Утомлённое солнце ( Fatigued Sun ). In fact, the Russian-language version used in the movie was released only in 1937, while the action plays in 1936.
Reviews
" A undramatic staged chamber game that tells of the beginning of the Stalinist purges. Created between drama, melancholy comedy and political confrontation, the film ultimately fails on all levels. "
Awards
The sun was deceiving us in 1994 nominated by the European Film Academy as a "film of the year " and won the Grand Jury Prize at the International Film Festival in Cannes in the same year. In addition, the film won Best Foreign Language Film in 1995 with the Oscar.
Continuation
2010 filmed Nikita Mikhalkov with Utomljonnyje solnzem 2, a sequel to his Oscar - winning work in which he again played a starring role on the side of Oleg Menshikov.