Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus (2010)
Original title: Утомлённые солнцем 2: Предстояние
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus is a 2010 Russian-language drama movie directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, with a running time of 3h. It stars Nikita Mikhalkov, Oleg Menshikov and Nadezhda Mikhalkova.
Epic film about WWII, a sequel to Utomlyonnye solntsem (1994). Evil Stalin is terrorizing people of Russia while the Nazis are advancing. Russian officer Kotov, who miraculously survived the death sentence in Stalin's Purge, is now fighting in the front-lines. His daughter, Nadia, who survived a rape attempt by Nazi soldiers, is now a nurse risking her own life to save others. In the war-torn nation even former enemies are fighting together to defend their land. People stand up united for the sake of victory. Written by Steve Shelokhonov
Cast
- Nikita Mikhalkov as Sergei Petrovich Kotov
- Oleg Menshikov as Mitya Arsentyev
- Nadezhda Mikhalkova as Nadya Kotova
- Sergey Makovetskiy as captain Lunin
- Dmitriy Dyuzhev as Ivan
- Artur Smolyaninov as Yurka
- Andrey Merzlikin as Nikolay
- Maksim Sukhanov as Stalin
- Evgeny Mironov as Izyumov
- Viktoriya Tolstoganova as Marusia
- Evgeniy Stychkin as starlight sapper
- Andrei Panin as Kravets