Sunstroke (2014 film)
| Sunstroke | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Nikita Mikhalkov |
| Produced by | Leonid Vereshchagin |
| Screenplay by |
Vladimir Moiseyenko Nikita Mikhalkov Aleksandr Adabashyan |
| Based on |
Sunstroke and Cursed Days by Ivan Bunin |
| Starring |
Mārtiņš Kalita Victoria Solovyova Miloš Biković |
| Music by | Eduard Artemyev |
| Cinematography | Vladislav Opelyants |
| Edited by | Svetolik Zajc |
Production company |
TriTe |
| Distributed by | DreamTeam Media |
Release dates |
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Running time | 180 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Budget | $21 million |
| Box office | $1,693,797[1] |
Sunstroke (Russian: Солнечный удар; translit. Solnechnyy udar) is a 2014 drama film by Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov. It is set in Russia during the Red Terror in 1920 and in 1907, and is loosely based on the story Sunstroke and the book Cursed Days by Nobel Prize-winning Russian writer Ivan Bunin.
Plot
The story is set in a filtration camp in November 1920, in the Crimea, after the evacuation of the White Army, when several dozen thousands of White officers were left behind on the peninsula. The officers are oblivious of their impending destiny, waiting for the resolution by the hands of the Red Army officials.[2] One of them —an unnamed captain (Mārtiņš Kalita) —is haunted by the memories of a dramatic and brief romance of 1907 and tries to understand how the Russian Empire fell apart and who is to blame. His laceration stops when all White officers get aboard an old barge, which the Reds drown in the Black Sea, and all officers perish.
Cast
In order of appearance in main titles:
- Mārtiņš Kalita – Poruchik (i.e. Lieutenant)
- Victoria Solovyova – Beautiful Stranger
- Miloš Biković – Baron Nikolay Alexandrovich Gulbe-Levitsky (Koka), a Podporuchik (i.e. Sub-Lieutenant) of the Life Guard Uhlan Regiment of Her Majesty
- Anastasiya Imamova – Tatyana
- Avangard Leontiev – Fakir (prestidigitator)
- Sergei Karpov – Egoriy (Georgiy Sergeevich as a child)
- Aleksandr Adabashyan – Photographer
- Kirill Boltaev – Yesaul (i.e. Cossack Captain)
- Aleksandr Michkov – Junker (i.e. Cadet)
- Alexei Dyakin – Georgiy Sergeevich (Egoriy as an adult)
- Vitaliy Kishchenko – Cavalry Captain
- Miriam Sekhon – Rosalia Zemlyachka
- Sergey Bachurskiy – Bela Kun
- Aleksandr Ustyugov – Navy Officer
- Vladimir Yumatov – Colonel
Production
Music
The musical score for Sunstroke was composed by Eduard Artemyev, who has collaborated with Mikhalkov on numerous movies (At Home Among Strangers, An Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano, Burnt by the Sun, The Barber of Siberia, etc.).
A leading tune accompanying Lieutenant's romantic feelings – toward his bride and the beautiful stranger – is a popular mezzo-soprano aria from Camille Saint-Saëns's opera Samson and Delilah called "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" ("My heart opens itself to your voice"), sung by Delilah as she attempts to seduce Samsoninto revealing the secret of his strength.
References
- ↑ ""Солнечный удар"". KinoPoisk. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ↑ Werth, Nicolas (21 March 2008). "Crimes and Mass Violence of the Russian Civil Wars (1918-1921)". Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence. ISSN 1961-9898. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
External links
- Sunstroke at the Internet Movie Database
- «Солнечный удар» at the Official site.
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