Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus is a 2010 Russian drama film directed, written, produced by and starring Nikita Mikhalkov, released on
22 April 2010. It is the sequel to Mikhalkov's 1994 film Burnt by the Sun, set in the Eastern Front of World War II. Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus had the largest production budget ever seen in Russian cinema, but it turned out to be Russia's biggest box office flop, and received negative reviews from critics both in Russia and abroad.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on a visit to the movie set in Leningrad Oblast on 13 May 2008 (see the video below).
Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov is a Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov is a three-time laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation and is a Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland".
Mikhalkov in 2022
Mikhalkov and his daughter Nadezhda at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival
Mikhalkov with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on the set of the movie Burnt by the Sun 2 in Leningrad Oblast on 13 May 2008
President Vladimir Putin awards the 1st Degree Order of Merit for the Fatherland to Mikhalkov, 10 December 2015.