''Sunstroke'' (

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: Солнечный удар,

translit Informal or ''ad hoc'' romanizations of Cyrillic have been in use since the early days of electronic communications, starting from early e-mail and bulletin board systems.

: ''Solnechnyy udar'') is a 2014 Russian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed, produced and written by

Nikita Mikhalkov Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (russian: Никита Сергеевич Михалков; born 21 October 1945) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov is a three-time laureate of the ...

, starring Martinsh Kalita and Viktoriya Solovyova. It is set after the collapse of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

during the Red Terror in 1920, with flashbacks to 1907, and is loosely based on the story "Sunstroke" and the book ''

Cursed Days ''Cursed Days'' (Окаянные дни, ''Okayánnye Dni'') is a book by Nobel Prize-winning Russian author Ivan Bunin, compiled of diaries and notes he made while in Moscow and Odessa in 1918-1920. Fragments from it were published in 1925-1926 b ...

'' by Nobel Prize-winning Russian writer

Ivan Bunin Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( or ; rus, Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈbunʲɪn, a=Ivan Alyeksyeyevich Bunin.ru.vorb.oga; – 8 November 1953) was the first Russian writer awarded the ...

. The film was selected as the Russian entry for the

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at the

88th Academy Awards The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2015 and took place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m. PST. Dur ...

, but it was not nominated.

Plot

The story is set in a prisoner-of-war camp in November 1920, in the

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, after the evacuation of the White Army, with several thousand White officers left behind on the peninsula. The officers are unaware of their impending doom, waiting for their fate to be decided by the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army ( Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, afte ...

officials. One of theman unnamed poruchik (lieutenant)is haunted by the memories of a dramatic and brief love affair which occurred in 1907. He tries to understand how the

fell apart and who is to blame. His musing comes to an end when all the White officers board an old barge, which the Reds sink in the

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, and all officers perish.

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 *

Vitali Kishchenko Vitali Eduardovich Kishchenko (russian: Вита́лий Эдуа́рдович Ки́щенко; born May 25, 1964) is a Soviet and Russian actor. Merited Artist of the Russian Federation Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: l ...

as a cavalry captain * Denis Vasilev as a student *

Aleksandr Adabashyan Aleksandr Artyomovich Adabashyan ( rus, Алекса́ндр Артёмович Адабашья́н; born August 10, 1945, Moscow

(i.e. Second Lieutenant) of the Life Guard Uhlan Regiment of Her Majesty * Avangard Leontiev as fakir ( prestidigitator) * Kirill Boltaev as

Yesaul Yesaul, osaul or osavul (russian: есау́л, translit=yesaul, uk, осаву́л, translit=osavul) (from Turkic yasaul - ''chief''), is a post and a rank in the Ukrainian Cossack units. The first records of the rank imply that it was introd ...

(i.e. Cossack Captain) * Aleksandr Michkov as

Junker Junker ( da, Junker, german: Junker, nl, Jonkheer, en, Yunker, no, Junker, sv, Junker ka, იუნკერი (Iunkeri)) is a noble honorific, derived from Middle High German ''Juncherre'', meaning "young nobleman"Duden; Meaning of Junke ...

(i.e. Cadet) * Aleksey Dyakin as Georgiy Sergeevich (Egoriy as an adult) * Miriam Sekhon as

Rosalia Zemlyachka Rosalia Samoilovna Zemlyachka, née Zalkind (russian: link=no, Розалия Самойловна Землячка, рожд. Залкинд; 20 March 187621 January 1947) was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician. As a revolutionary, she ...

* Sergey Bachurskiy as

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* Vladimir Yumatov as colonel

Production

Music

The musical score for ''Sunstroke'' was composed by

Eduard Artemyev Eduard Nikolayevich Artemyev ( rus, Эдуа́рд Никола́евич Арте́мьев, p=ɨdʊˈart ɐrˈtʲemʲjɪf; born 30 November 1937) is a Soviet and Russian composer of electronic music and film scores. Outside of Russia, he is ...

, who has collaborated with Mikhalkov on numerous movies (''

At Home Among Strangers ''Friend to Foes, Foe to Friends'' (russian: Свой среди чужих, чужой среди своих; ''Svoy sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoy sredi svoikh'') is a 1974 Soviet film starring Yuri Bogatyryov and Anatoly Solonitsyn and directed by Ni ...

'', ''An Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano'', ''

Burnt by the Sun ''Burnt by the Sun'' (russian: Утомлённые солнцем, translit. ''Utomlyonnye solntsem'', literally "wearied by the sun") is a 1994 film by Russian director and screenwriter Nikita Mikhalkov and Azerbaijani screenwriter Rustam ...

'', '' The Barber of Siberia'', etc.). A leading tune accompanying the lieutenant's romantic feelingstoward his bride and the beautiful strangeris a popular mezzo-soprano aria from Camille Saint-Saëns's opera ''

Samson and Delilah Samson and Delilah are Biblical figures. Samson and Delilah may also refer to: In music * ''Samson and Delilah'' (opera), an opera by Camille Saint-Saëns * ''Samson & Delilah'' (album), released in 2013 by V V Brown * "Samson and Delilah" (t ...

'' called "''

Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix "" is a popular mezzo-soprano aria from Camille Saint-Saëns's opera ''Samson and Delilah'', known in English as "Softly awakes my heart", or more literally "My heart opens itself to your voice". It is sung by Delilah in act 2 as she attempts to ...

''" ("My heart opens itself to your voice"), sung by

Delilah Delilah ( ; , meaning "delicate";Gesenius's ''Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon'' ar, دليلة, Dalīlah; grc, label= Greek, Δαλιδά, Dalidá) is a woman mentioned in the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. She is loved ...

as she attempts to seduce

Samson Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution o ...

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 Kuban Cossack Chorus (russian: Кубанский Казачий Хор, uk, Кубанський козачий хор) is one of the leading Folkloric ensembles in Russia. Its repertoire and performances reflect the songs, dances and folklo ...

. This song had already been used by the director; in his 1979 film ''Five Evenings'' it was sung by the Stanislav Lyubshin character.Milova, Evgenya
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Release

The world premiere took place on October 3, 2014, in

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. The premiere of the film in

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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

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television channel. In 2015, the same channel premiered the 5-episode version of the film.

References

External links

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