Overview
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
DirectorNikita Mikhalkov
ProducersLeonid Vereshchagin, Nikita Mikhalkov
WritersNikita Mikhalkov, Aleksandr Novototskiy-Vlasov, Vladimir Moiseenko, Gleb Panfilov
Top Casts

Nikita Mikhalkov
Col. Sergei Petrovich Kotov

Oleg Menshikov
Mitya Arsentyev

Evgeny Mironov
Penal battalion commander

Dmitriy Dyuzhev
Ivan, Kotov's partner in prison

Artur Smolyaninov
Yurka

Andrey Merzlikin
Mayor

Sergey Garmash
Priest Alexander

Sergey Makovetskiy
SMERSH officer

Irina Apeksimova

Andrei Panin
Supervisor of children's camp
Details
LanguageRussian
Production companiesStudio Trite, Golden Eagle, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Budget55000000
Homepagehttp://www.predstoyanie.ru/