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The White Sun of the Desert

Film · 1969

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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The people who made it

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Behind the camera

  1. Bulat Okudzhavawriter
  2. V. Spitsynwriter
  3. Vladimir Motyldirector
  4. Lyudmila Shmuglyakovawriter
  5. Valentin Ezhovwriter
  6. Rustam Ibragimbekovwriter
  7. V. Nesterovaeditor
  8. Yuriy Khokhlovexecutive producer
  9. Eduard Rozovskycinematographer
  10. Isaac Schwartscomposer
  11. Valery Kostrinproduction designer
  12. Berta Manevichproduction designer

On screen

  1. Kakhi Kavsadzelead actor
  2. Pavel Luspekayevlead actor
  3. Spartak Mishulinlead actor
  4. Anatoliy Kuznetsovlead actor
  5. Galina Luchaisupporting actor
  6. Musa Dudayevsupporting actor
  7. Nikolai Badyevsupporting actor
  8. Nikolai Godovikovsupporting actor
  9. Tatyana Fedotovasupporting actor
  10. Vladimir Kadochnikovsupporting actor
  11. Raisa Kurkinasupporting actor
  12. Aleksandr Massarskiyguest actor
  13. Alla Limenesguest actor
  14. Andrey Naymushinguest actor
  15. Arkadiy Sokolovguest actor
  16. D. Geramiguest actor
  17. I. Abdulragimovguest actor
  18. Igor Milonovguest actor
  19. Irakli Nijaradzeguest actor
  20. K. Omarovguest actor
  21. Svetlana Slivinskayaguest actor
  22. Tatyana Krichevskayaguest actor
  23. Velta Deglavguest actor
  24. Yu. Darumovguest actor
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From the people who made The White Sun of the Desert

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  1. Burnt by the Sun1994 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  2. Love and Pigeons1985 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  3. Ballad of a Soldier1959 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  4. The Barber of Siberia1998 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  5. The Turkish Gambit2005 · FilmNotable· 2 shared
  6. Dersu Uzala1975 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  7. Amphibian Man1962 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  8. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 11981 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
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Through the cast

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  1. A Man from the Boulevard des CapucinesSpartak Mishulin1987 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  2. ElenaAndrey Smirnov2011 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  3. How Viktor "The Garlic" Took Alexey "The Stud" to the Nursing HomeAndrey Smirnov2017 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  4. Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main BlowAnatoliy Kuznetsov1971 · FilmFaint· 1 shared

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