Nikita Mikhalkov

12 -- 12 truths and 12 characters decide the fate of a Chechen boy on trial for the murder of his stepfather. It's up to a jury divided by racism and prejudice to decide the youth's fate, in director Nikita Mikhalkov's Oscar-nominated remake of 12 Angry Men. A Brilliant look at fear, trust and the triumph of human nature.

Burnt by the Sun -- 1996 Oscar(r)-winning tale of a Soviet hero whose happy family is suddenly targeted by Stalin's secret police.

12 characters - 12 truths. The story of 12 Jurors discussing a verdict to pass on an 18 year-old Chechen boy whether he is guilty of the 1st degree murder of his step-father - an officer of the Russian army. The film thinks aloud about today's life, about the need to hear the next of kin and help that person before its too late. The action of the picture unveils in one room - a gym adjusted for jury deliberations.

12 truths and 12 characters decide the fate of a Chechen boy on trial for the murder of his stepfather. It's up to a jury divided by racism and prejudice to decide the youth's fate, in director Nikita Mikhalkov's Oscar-nominated remake of 12 Angry Men. A Brilliant look at fear, trust and the triumph of human nature.

A loose remake of 12 ANGRY MEN, 12 is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.

Nikita Mikhalkov's Grand Jury Prize winner at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. The picture was Russia's entry in the foreign-language Oscar category and is set in 1936. It is written by Mikhalkov and Roustam Ibraguimbekov and stars Milhalkov as a Bolshevik hero who is confronted with the horrors of Stalin's purges.

1996 Oscar(r)-winning tale of a Soviet hero whose happy family is suddenly targeted by Stalin's secret police.

1996 Oscar(r)-winning tale of a Soviet hero whose happy family is suddenly targeted by Stalin's secret police.

Nikita Mikhalkov's Grand Jury Prize winner at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. The picture was Russia's entry in the foreign language Oscar category and is set in 1936. It is written by Mikhalkov and Roustam Ibraguimbekov and stars Milhalkov as a Bolshevik hero who is confronted with the horrors of Stalin's purges.

Starring Andreas Kozak, Krystyna Mikolajewska, Jacint Juhasz and Tibor Molnar, this 1967 film was banned in the U.S.S.R. for many years. Set in the hills along the Volga River during Russia's 1918 civil war, The Red and the White is told from the viewpoint of Hungarian troops fighting on the side of the Communist Red Army. The film's theme centers on the violence, absurdity and loss of morality in a war-ravaged land.

Set in Central Russia during the Civil War of 1918, the story details the murderous entanglements between Russia's Red soldiers and the counter-revolutionary Whites in the hills along the Volga. The epic conflict moves with skillful speed from a deserted monastery to a riverbank hospital to a final, unforgettable hillside massacre.Banned for many years in the U.S.S.R., Hungarian director Miklos Jansco's masterful THE RED AND THE WHITE is a haunting, powerful film about the absurdity and evil of war.

Set in Central Russia during the Civil War of 1918, the story details the murderous entanglements between Russia's Red soldiers and the counter-revolutionary Whites in the hills along the Volga. The epic conflict moves with skillful speed from a deserted monastery to a riverbank hospital to a final, unforgettable hillside massacre.Banned for many years in the U.S.S.R., Hungarian director Miklos Jansco's masterful THE RED AND THE WHITE is a haunting, powerful film about the absurdity and evil of war.