Movie Description
Белое солнце пустыни
(1969)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...
Featured Crew
- Director : Vladimir Motyl
- Writer : Mark Zakharov,Valentin Ezhov
- Editor : V. Nesterova
- Cast : Anatoliy Kuznetsov,Pavel Luspekayev,Spartak Mishulin,Kakhi Kavsadze,Raisa Kurkina,Nikolai Godovikov,Tatyana Fedotova,Musa Dudayev,Nikolai Badyev,Vladimir Kadochnikov,I. Abdulragimov,Yu. Darumov,Galina Dashevskaya,Velta Deglav,D. Gerami,Tatyana Krichevskaya,Yakov Lents,Alla Limenes,Galina Luchai,Aleksandr Massarskiy,Igor Milonov,Andrey Naymushin,Irakli Nijaradze,K. Omarov,Zinaida Rachmatova,Svetlana Slivinskaya,Lidiya Smirnova,Arkadiy Sokolov,Marina Stavitskaya,Tatyana Tkach,Tatyana Kuzmina,Vitaliy Matveev,Andrey Smirnov,Galina Umpelyova
Cast
Fyodor Sukhov
Pavel Vereshchagin
Said
Abdulla
Nastasya
Petrukha
Gyulchatay
Rakhimov
Lebedev
Semyon
Djamilya
Khafiza
Ibragim
Dzhamilya
Starik
Zarina
Katerina Matveyevna
Bandit
Aristarkh, Bandit
Starik
Zulfiya
Saida
Leila
Bandit
Gyuzel
Zukhra
(uncredited)
Bandit (uncredited)
Bandit (uncredited)
Dzhamilya (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleБелое солнце пустыни
Status Released
Release Information
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1969-12-14
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 23m
Production CompaniesLenfilm,Mosfilm
Genres
- Action
- Drama
- Romance
- Comedy
- Adventure
- War