White Sun of The Desert

– The setting is the east shore of the Caspian Sea (today's Turkmenistan) where the Red Army soldier F..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 24 Minutes
Release Year:
1970
Original Name:
Белое солнце пустыни
White Sun of the Desert (1970) - Also known as Белое солнце пустыни

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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White Sun of the Desert (1970) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 Jun 1973

Language:

Russian

MPAA Content-Rating:
NOT RATED

Director:

Vladimir Motyl

Writer:

Valentin Ezhov, Rustam Ibragimbekov, Mark Zakharov (letters)

Main Actors:

Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Spartak Mishulin, Kakhi Kavsadze, Pavel Luspekayev

Plot:

A soldier of the Red Army named Sukhov has been fighting in the Russian Civil War in Russian Asia for many years. Just as he is about to return home to his wife, Sukhov is chosen to guard and protect the harem of a guerilla leader (Abdulla). Abdulla is wanted by the Red Army and left his harem behind because the women hindered him. Sukhov's task proves to be more difficult than he imagined...

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.0/10