Burnt by the Sun
Menshikov first attracted international media attention in the Globe Theatre production "When She Danced", for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role. He gained further success with Nikita Mikhalkov's "Burnt by the Sun", in which he portrayed a manipulative and suicidal NKVD agent during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge. "Burnt by the Sun" won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Menshikov reprised his role in the "Burnt by the Sun" sequels "Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus" (2010) and "Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel" (2011).