Sunstroke (2014 film)
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| Directed by | Nikita Mikhalkov |
| Screenplay by |
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| Based on | Sunstroke and Cursed Days by Ivan Bunin |
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| Starring | Martinsh Kalita Viktoriya Solovyova Anastasiya Imamova Sergey Serov Kseniya Popovich Andrey Popovich |
| Cinematography | Vladislav Opelyants |
| Edited by | Svetolik Zajc |
| Music by | Eduard Artemyev |
Production company | Studio Trite |
| Distributed by | DreamTeam Media |
Release dates | |
Running time | 180 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Budget | $24 million |
| Box office | $1.7 million[1] |
Sunstroke (
Plot
The story is set in a prisoner-of-war camp in November 1920, in the
Cast
In order of appearance in main titles:
- Martinsh Kalita as a poruchik(lieutenant)
- Viktoriya Solovyova as a beautiful stranger
- Sergei Karpov as Egoriy (Georgiy Sergeevich as a child)
- Anastasiya Imamova as Tatyana
- Sergey Serov as a priest
- Kseniya Popovich as Olya
- Andrey Popovich as Petya
- Aleksandr Ustyugov as Vladimir Yumatov, an Imperial Navy officer
- Aleksandr Oblasov as a steward
- Aleksandr Borisov as a sailor
- Maksim Bityukov as Trigorin
- cavalry captain
- Denis Vasilev as a student
- Aleksandr Adabashyan as a photographer
- Eduard Artemyev as a photographer assistant
- Kristina Kirillova as Lizonka
- Miloš Biković as baron Nikolay Alexandrovich Gulbe-Levitsky (Koka), a podporuchik (i.e. Second Lieutenant) of the Life Guard Uhlan Regiment of Her Majesty
- prestidigitator)
- Kirill Boltaev as Yesaul (i.e. Cossack Captain)
- Aleksandr Michkov as Junker (i.e. Cadet)
- Aleksey Dyakin as Georgiy Sergeevich (Egoriy as an adult)
- Miriam Sekhon as Rosalia Zemlyachka
- Sergey Bachurskiy as Béla Kun
- Vladimir Yumatov as 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 the 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 Samson into revealing the secret of his strength.
Also included in the soundtrack is the version of Nikolai Devitte's Russian Gypsy song "Ne Dlya Menya" ("Not for Me"), performed by Mikhalkov himself, backed by the Kuban Cossack Choir.[4] This song had already been used by the director; in his 1979 film Five Evenings it was sung by the Stanislav Lyubshin character.[5]
Release
The world premiere took place on October 3, 2014, in Belgrade, Serbia. The premiere of the film in Russia took place on October 4, 2014; the film was released in wide distribution on October 9, 2014. The television premiere took place on November 4, 2014, on the Russia-1 television channel. In 2015, the same channel premiered the 5-episode version of the film.
See also
- List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Russian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- KinoPoisk. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ Holdsworth, Nick (22 September 2015). "Oscars: Russia Nominates 'Sunstroke' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ISSN 1961-9898. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ Kondrashov, Alexander. Не для меня. Literaturnaya Gazeta review. No. 45, 2014
- ^ Milova, Evgenya. Направление удара. www.kommersant.ru
External links
- Sunstroke at the Internet Movie Database
- «Солнечный удар» Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at the Official site.