The White Sun of the Desert

The White Sun of the Desert (1969)


  • Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Comedy, Adventure, War
  • Release Date: 1969-12-14
  • User Rating: 7.2/10 from 144 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 23min
  • Language: Pусский
  • Production Company: Lenfilm
  • Production Country: Soviet Union
  • Director: Vladimir Motyl
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From 144 Ratings

Summary

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...

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  • Anatoliy Kuznetsov

    as Фёдор Иванович Сухов, красноармеец
  • Pavel Luspekayev

    as Павел Артемьевич Верещагин, таможенник
  • Spartak Mishulin

    as Саид
  • Kakhi Kavsadze

    as Абдулла (озв. Михаил Волков)
  • Raisa Kurkina

    as Настасья, жена Верещагина
  • Nikolai Godovikov

    as Петруха
  • Tatyana Fedotova

    as Гюльчатай (озв. Надежда Румянцева)
  • Musa Dudayev

    as Рахимов, красный командир (озв. Игорь Ефимов)
  • Nikolai Badyev

    as Лебедев, хранитель музея (озв. Алексей Кожевников)
  • Vladimir Kadochnikov

    as Семён, подпоручик
  • Galina Luchai

    as Катерина Матвеевна, жена Сухова
  • Svetlana Slivinskaya

    as Саида, старшая жена Абдуллы
  • Velta Deglav

    as Хафиза, жена Абдуллы
  • D. Gerami

    as Ибрагим, бандит
  • Igor Milonov

    as Аристарх, бандит
  • Tatyana Krichevskaya

    as Джамиля, жена Абдуллы
  • Alla Limenes

    as Зарина, жена Абдуллы
  • Zinaida Rachmatova

    as Зульфия, жена Абдуллы
  • Tatyana Tkach

    as Зухра, жена Абдуллы
  • Lidiya Smirnova

    as Лейла, жена Абдуллы
  • Marina Stavitskaya

    as Гюзель, жена Абдуллы
  • Aleksandr Massarskiy

    as бандит
  • Arkadiy Sokolov

    as бандит
  • Yakov Lents

    as старик
  • Irakli Nijaradze

    as старик
  • Yu. Darumov

    as эпизод
  • I. Abdulragimov

    as эпизод
  • Andrey Naymushin

    as эпизод
  • K. Omarov

    as эпизод
  • Vitaliy Matveyev

    as бандит (нет в титрах)
  • Andrey Smirnov

    as бандит (нет в титрах)
  • Май-Маевский

    as старик (нет в титрах)
  • Рамазанов

    as старик (нет в титрах)
  • Феликс Джиоев

    as эпизод (нет в титрах)
Directing Vladimir Motyl Director
Writing Mark Zakharov Writer
Writing Valentin Ezhov Writer
Art Berta Manevich Production Design
Directing Magomed Dakiev First Assistant Director
Writing Rustam Ibragimbekov Screenplay
Camera Eduard Rozovsky Director of Photography
Editing V. Nesterova Editor
Sound Isaac Schwarts Original Music Composer
Art Valery Kostrin Production Design

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