Burnt By the Sun

Starring: Nikita Mikhalkov, Inna Ulianova, Viatcheslav Tikhonov, Liubov Rudneva, Aleksei Pokatilov, Vladimir Riabov, Andre Oumansky, Evgenii Mironov, Oleg Menchikov, Nikita Mikhalkov

Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Release Date: April 21st, 1995
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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Synopsis: A long summer day in 1936. Colonel Kotov, an aging military hero of the Bolshevik revolution, is enjoying the sweet life in his country house, together with his captivating young wife Maroussia, their six-year-old daughter, and numerous family members and friends. Into this idyllic setting enters Dimitri, a young man who was Maroussia's lover a decade ago, before leaving under mysterious circumstances. Dimitri now works for Stalin's secret police, and it becomes clear that he has returned with an agenda.