1994

Description : Political Drama-Psychological Drama-Family Drama

Director: Nikita Mikhalkov

Country: Russian

Heroism: Nikita Mikhalkov- Sergei Kotov

Artists: Oleg Menshikov - Dimitri (Mitia) Ingeborga Dapkunaite - Maroussia Vladimir Ilyin - Kirik Vyacheslav Tikhonov - Vsevolod Svetlana Kryuchkova - Mokhova Avangard Leontyev - Chauffeur Nadia Mikhalkov - Nadia Lyubov Rudneva Yevgeny Mironov - Lieut

Nikita Mikhalkov  - Director / Screenwriter / Associate Producer
Leonid Verechtchaguine  - Producer
Rustam Ibragimbekov - Screenwriter
Vilen Kalyuta - Cinematographer
Eduard Artemyev

Description:

Stalinist Russia, circa 1930, is recreated in this Russian-French film that focuses on a small, elite gathering of family and friends who appreciate the idealism of Stalin's visions because they do not have to experience its darker side of gulags and purges. The story focuses upon a single day in Soviet revolutionary hero Serguei Kotov's life. Kotov lives an idyllic country life with his lovely wife Maroussia, and their feisty daughter Nadia. He is highly respected by the locals. On this day, the Kotovs are visited by the roguishly handsome Dimitri, who was a former lover of Maroussia. Dimitri is on a dark mission that may have profound effects on Kotov's peaceful, happy, and idealistic existence.