Period drama starring Nikita Mikhalkov. Relaxing at their country retreat, war hero Colonel Kotov and his young wife Marusia are disturbed by the unexpected return of Dmitrii, Marusia's childhood sweetheart. Kotov soon realises there is a darker side to this reappearance, as the harsh politics of Stalinist Russia break in to his life.
This period drama from director Nikita Mikhalkov plunges into the heart of darkness that was Stalin's Russia in the mid-1930s. Mikhalkov also stars as Kotov, a complacent military hero of the Soviet Revolution, whose country house is visited unexpectedly by his young wife's former childhood sweetheart, Dmitrii. Against the backdrop of a lazy summer's day, the truth behind Stalin's rule and the reason for Dmitrii's visit become apparent as Kotov entertains his guest. Winner of the Oscar for best foreign film, this masterpiece of visual audacity - the vast balloon displaying an image of Stalin is a highlight - depicts, with vivid candour, a nation's paranoia grievously turned in upon itself.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Sergei Petrovich Kotov | Nikita Mikhalkov |
| Dmitrii | Oleg Menshikov |
| Marusia Kotov | Ingeborga Dapkunaite |
| Nadia | Nadia Mikhalkova |
| Philippe | André Umansky |
| Vsevolod Konstantinovich | Vyacheslav Tikhonov |
| Mokhova | Svetlana Kriuchkova |
| Kirik | Vladimir Ilyin |
| Lidiia Stepanovna | Alla Kazanskaia |
| Elena Mikhailovna | Nina Arkhipova |
| Driver | Avangard Leontiev |
| Olga Nikolaevna | Inna Ullianova |
| Liuba | Liubov Rudneva |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Nikita Mikhalkov |
