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}} Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (Russian: Никита Сергеевич Михалков; born 21 October 1945) is a Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. [1]
Nikita Mikhalkov is a Russian filmmaker and actor with a prestigious background and a long list of awards. He is known for his roles in "Burnt by the Sun", "The Barber of Siberia" and "12", among others.
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- Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Learn about the life and career of Nikita Mikhalkov, a Russian filmmaker and actor who won an Oscar for Burnt by the Sun. Find out his family background, filmography, awards, controversies and political views.
- October 21, 1945
- Slave of Love, 1975. One of the first successful films by Mikhalkov is a drama about silent film stars who, together with the film crew, run away from Moscow, which has just been captured by the Bolsheviks, to shoot a film on the Black Sea, hoping that the nightmare will soon end.
- Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano, 1977. One of the best screen adaptations of Chekhov's works, the film is based on the play Platonov and motifs from some stories.
- Dark Eyes, 1987. Dark Eyes is Mikhalkov's most famous film outside of Russia. In it the director once again turned to Chekhov, to his famous short story Lady with a Lapdog, about an accidental meeting between a successful employee of a Moscow bank and a provincial married woman at a seaside resort, about an unexpected love that turns into a tragic dual between passion and family obligation.
- Burnt by the Sun, 1994. This is the most successful film out of the trilogy about Division Commander Kotov (played by Mikhalkov), a faithful communist who was one of Stalin's favorites, but right before the war, as with many of the dictator's pets, was arrested.
Learn about Nikita Mikhalkov, a prominent figure in Russian cinema, who won the Golden Lion and the Academy Award. Explore his biography, filmography, awards, and family background.
Although he did not come to prominence as a director until the mid-1970s, Nikita Mikhalkov ranks among the most gifted Russian filmmakers of the entire post-World War II era.
Nikita Sergeevich Mikhalkov was born into one of Russia's most prominent artistic families, and came to known as one of the country's best known and celebrat...
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