Nikita Sergeevich Mikhalkov is one of the most famous Soviet and Russian filmmakers who is an Oscar winner for the film Burnt by the Sun. In addition, he was three times awarded such an honorary award as the “State Prize of the Russian Federation” for his contribution to the development of cinema. Mikhalkov is also widely known to the audience as a film actor. Nikita Sergeevich took part in the filming of more than 50 art films and shot 35 films.
Top 10 includes the best Mikhalkov Nikita films, list which is located below.
10. Black eyes
"Black eyes" opens a list of the best films of Nikita Mikhalkov. The film is based on the story of the Russian playwright A.P. Chekhov. The main character of the painting, Italian Marcello, marries for love to one rich lady. But years passed, feelings began to fade, and the protagonist began to get bored. He leaves for the resort, where he begins an affair with a Russian young woman. Marcello falls in love like a boy and decides to win the hand and heart of this lady by all means. A man throws everything and follows his beloved to Russia.
9. One among strangers, one among strangers
"One among strangers, a stranger among his own" - the debut full-length work of Nikita Mikhalkov, shot on the novel "Red Gold", which was written by Mikhalkov in collaboration with Eduard Volodarsky. The picture describes the events of the 20s of the last century, unfolding in a small Russian town. Former white officers rob a train of gold. Former reds come to grips with criminals. It so happens that the red fighters suspect one of their comrades in betrayal. Tom can only run to find and return the gold, and thereby prove his innocence in the robbery.
8. 12
«12» - The film, based on the play of the same name by Reginald Rose. The action of the art picture takes place in the courtroom, where twelve jurors hear the case of the murder of an eighteen-year-old boy of his stepfather, who served in Chechnya. All evidence indicates that the defendant was involved in the crime, and 11 jurors are sure of the guy's guilt, intending to reach their final verdict. But one of them does not completely agree with this and invites other jurors to consider the matter in more detail. In 2007, the film participated in the nomination for an Oscar, as "The Best Foreign Language Film."
7. The slave of love
“Slave of love” - Nikita Mikhalkov’s melodrama about the main character Elena Voznesenskaya, who is the prototype of the actress Vera Kholodnaya. There is a civil war. Moscow is already occupied by the Bolsheviks, and in still calm Crimea, the film “Slave of Love” is being shot. During the filming, Elena falls in love with the operator Pototsky, who is a revolutionary underground. Voznesenskaya herself is far from politics, but having met closely with Pototsky and found out about his activities, she begins to admire "the case for which they can kill, or even put him in jail!". At the end of the film, Elena’s lover is killed.
6. Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano
An Unfinished Piece for a Mechanical Piano - a drama by Nikita Mikhalkov, based on the works of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Guests are gathering at the estate of the widow of Anna Petrovna Voynitseva, among whom are the married couple Alexandra and Mikhail Platonovs. The stepson of Anna Petrovna presents to the guests his wife Sophia, in which Mikhail recognizes his former love. At the end of the evening, Platonov expresses his feelings for Sophia. She reciprocates and wants to start a new life with him. Michael himself is not ready for such a turn of events. Confused in his feelings, he decides to stage a suicide attempt. The main character is thrown from a low cliff into the river, where the water is knee-deep. The wife runs up to her husband with tears in her eyes and says that she loves him ...
5. Relatives
"Relatives" - Mikhalkov Nikita’s film, scripted by Merezhko, who wrote it specifically for N.V. Mordyukova. The main character of the film Maria Konovalova is a simple rural woman. She comes to the city to visit her daughter and granddaughter to help establish family life. Acting with the best of intentions, Maria Vasilyevna provokes a storm of protest from her relatives, who do not need such help.
4. Without witnesses
“Without witnesses” - a film by Nikita Mikhalkov, based on the play by Sofia Prokofieva “Conversation without a witness”. They’ve been divorced for nine years now. She is raising their teenage son alone. One day he decides to visit his loved ones. The former husband finds out that she was going to marry his old friend Shlyakhov. Once upon a time, the main character wrote an anonymous complaint letter to Shlyakhov. He cannot allow his ex-wife to marry his friend. The hero forces her to refuse marriage, threatening to tell her son that she is not her own mother. A woman decides to abandon her own happiness for the benefit of her adopted child.
3. Siberian barber
The Siberian Barber opens the top three films of Mikhalkov Nikita. The film describes the events of 1885, the reign of Alexander III. Douglas McCracken, the inventor of the Siberian Barber steam sawmill, comes to Russia together with the adventurer Jane Calagen, who should help promote the project to sell a unique machine through its links with Russian officials, in particular with General Rodlov. In Russia, Jane meets the cadet Andrei Tolstov. Between young people feelings arise. Meanwhile, Rodlov is about to make a proposal to Jane. In a fit of jealousy, Tolstoy beats the general, and the young man is exiled to hard labor. After 20 years, a summer military training camp is shown in the film, where the son of Andrei and Jane resides.
2. Burnt by the sun
Historical drama "Burnt by the Sun" Nikita Mikhalkov, for which the director was awarded the Oscar, was recognized as the "Best Foreign Language Film." The events of the film begin to occur on one of the hot sunny days of 1936. Comdiv Kotov, friendly with Stalin, is resting in the country with his huge family. Everyone is happy and having a lot of fun, and no one wants to believe that this joy will come to an end soon.
1. Five evenings
Drama "Five evenings" tops the list of best works by Nikita Mikhalkov. The art picture was shot based on the play of the same name by Alexander Volodin. The main character, Alexander Ilyin, comes to Moscow on a business trip. There he meets his old acquaintance Tamara Vasilievna, whom he was in love with. It has been a long 18 years since they did not see each other. During conversations between each other, each of them tries to prove to the other that everything in his life is good. Already an elderly man and woman are afraid to admit to mutual feelings that have returned to them with their former strength.