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The White Sun of the Desert( 1969)

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Overview

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...

    Top Billed Cast

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      Anatoliy Kuznetsov

      Fyodor Sukhov

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      Pavel Luspekayev

      Pavel Vereshchagin

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      Spartak Mishulin

      Said

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      Kakhi Kavsadze

      Abdulla

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      Raisa Kurkina

      Nastasya

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      Nikolai Godovikov

      Petrukha

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      Tatyana Fedotova

      Gyulchatay

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      Musa Dudayev

      Rakhimov

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      Nikolai Badyev

      Lebedev

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      Vladimir Kadochnikov

      Semyon

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      I. Abdulragimov

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      Yu. Darumov

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      Galina Dashevskaya

      Djamilya

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      Velta Deglav

      Khafiza

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      D. Gerami

      Ibragim

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      Tatyana Krichevskaya

      Dzhamilya

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      Yakov Lents

      Starik

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      Alla Limenes

      Zarina

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      Galina Luchai

      Katerina Matveyevna

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      Aleksandr Massarskiy

      Bandit

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      Igor Milonov

      Aristarkh, Bandit

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      Andrey Naymushin

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      Irakli Nijaradze

      Starik

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      K. Omarov

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      Zinaida Rachmatova

      Zulfiya

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      Svetlana Slivinskaya

      Saida

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      Lidiya Smirnova

      Leila

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      Arkadiy Sokolov

      Bandit

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      Marina Stavitskaya

      Gyuzel

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      Tatyana Tkach

      Zukhra

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      Tatyana Kuzmina

      (uncredited)

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      Vitaliy Matveyev

      Bandit (uncredited)

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      Andrey Smirnov

      Bandit (uncredited)

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      Galina Umpelyova

      Dzhamilya (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Dec 21 2024
    There's something quietly comedic about the scenario in which returning soldier "Sukhov" (Anatoliy Kuznetsov) finds himself. He's determined just to get home to some peace and quiet with his wife - whom we see in the opening few scenes - and settle down. Sadly for him, fate has other plans as he rescues "Sayid" (Spartak Mishulin) buried up to his neck in the sand and is soon embroiled in that's mans search for revenge as well as a battle between the pursuing Soviet army and a local freedom fighter called "Abdullah" (Kakhi Kavsadze). It's not so much the battle that he needs to fight that preocc...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • civil war
    • desert
    • red army
    • 1910s