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1969·Action·1h 23m
7.1
The setting is the east shore of the Caspian Sea (today's Turkmenistan) where the Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov has been fighting the Civil War in Russian Asia for a number of years. After being hospitalised and then demobbed, he sets off home to join his wife, only to be caught up in a desert fight between a Red Army cavalry unit and Basmachi guerrillas. The cavalry unit commander, Rahimov, "convinces" Sukhov to help, temporarily, with the protection of abandoned women of the Basmachi guerrilla leader Abdullah's harem. Leaving a young Red Army soldier, Petrukha, to assist Sukhov with the task, Rahimov and his cavalry unit set out to pursue fleeing Abdullah.Sukhov and women from Abdullah's harem return to a nearby shore town. Soon, looking for a seaway across the border, Abdullah and his gang come to the same town...
Directed by Vladimir Motyl
civil war
desert
red army
1910s

Cast

Anatoliy Kuznetsov
Anatoliy Kuznetsov
Sukhov
Pavel Luspekayev
Pavel Luspekayev
Vereshchagin
Spartak Mishulin
Spartak Mishulin
Said
Kakhi Kavsadze
Kakhi Kavsadze
Abdulla
Raisa Kurkina
Raisa Kurkina
Nastasya
Nikolai Godovikov
Nikolai Godovikov
Petrukha
Tatyana Fedotova
Tatyana Fedotova
Gulchatai
Musa Dudayev
Musa Dudayev
Rakhimov
Nikolai Badyev
Nikolai Badyev
Lebedev
Vladimir Kadochnikov
Vladimir Kadochnikov
Semyon
Igor Milonov
Igor Milonov
Аристарх, бандит
Zinaida Rachmatova
Zinaida Rachmatova
Зульфия, жена Абдуллы

Crew

Vladimir Motyl
Vladimir Motyl
Director
Valentin Ezhov
Valentin Ezhov
Writer
Rustam Ibragimbekov
Rustam Ibragimbekov
Writer
Isaac Schwarts
Isaac Schwarts
Original Music Composer
Eduard Rozovsky
Eduard Rozovsky
Director of Photography
Berta Manevich
Berta Manevich
Production Design
Valery Kostrin
Valery Kostrin
Production Design
Mark Zakharov
Mark Zakharov
Additional Writing
Bulat Okudzhava
Bulat Okudzhava
Lyricist
Igor Klebanov
Igor Klebanov
Assistant Camera
Pyotr Timofeyev
Pyotr Timofeyev
Stunts
Magomed Dakiev
Magomed Dakiev
Second Unit Director

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33 reviews
tiago
tiago
The White Sun of the Desert
É tecnicamente um Lawrence of Arabia soque soviético
É tecnicamente um Lawrence of Arabia soque soviético
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Fuji
Fuji
The White Sun of the Desert
I’m not built for the cosmonaut life
I’m not built for the cosmonaut life
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jota florez
jota florez
The White Sun of the Desert
Soviet Cinema Film Series

7.5/10

It may not be as popular abroad compared to other Soviet films, but watching it in its entirety it is clear because it has been one of the most popular internally, it has many reasons to be so.

It is enough to mention among those reasons the charisma of his characters: Sukhov's humor and spirit hoping to return from the war one day. The timely and honorable sayid. The hopeless former border officer Verechagin, isolated and trapped in a past that has disappeared, manages to be very memorable through his dramatic nature. The fierceness of the bandit Abdullah and the innocence of his younger wife Gyulchatai are clear examples of the memorable nature of his character.

The comic scenes that are very subtle and of that typical light humor of the Soviet era manage to smile despite their lightness, altering with a drama that is equally effective in the film, some ironic phrases about the revolution and the conflict in Asia Eastern is worth listening to. The allusions to American cowboy cinema are also very funny. In Suma, the cinema of war in East Asia or Ostern has its best exponent in this film.
Soviet Cinema Film Series

7.5/10

It may not be as popular abroad compared to other Soviet films, but watching it in its entirety it is clear because it has been one of the most popular internally, it has many reasons to be so.

It is enough to mention among those reasons the charisma of his characters: Sukhov's humor and spirit hoping to return from the war one day. The timely and honorable sayid. The hopeless former border officer Verechagin, isolated and trapped in a past that has disappeared, manages to be very memorable through his dramatic nature. The fierceness of the bandit Abdullah and the innocence of his younger wife Gyulchatai are clear examples of the memorable nature of his character.

The comic scenes that are very subtle and of that typical light humor of the Soviet era manage to smile despite their lightness, altering with a drama that is equally effective in the film, some ironic phrases about the revolution and the conflict in Asia Eastern is worth listening to. The allusions to American cowboy cinema are also very funny. In Suma, the cinema of war in East Asia or Ostern has its best exponent in this film.
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