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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

      Фёдор Иванович Сухов, красноармеец

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      Pavel Luspekayev

      Павел Артемьевич Верещагин, таможенник

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      Spartak Mishulin

      Саид

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      Kakhi Kavsadze

      Абдулла (озв. Михаил Волков)

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      Raisa Kurkina

      Настасья, жена Верещагина

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      Nikolai Godovikov

      Петруха

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      Tatyana Fedotova

      Гюльчатай (озв. Надежда Румянцева)

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      Musa Dudayev

      Рахимов, красный командир (озв. Игорь Ефимов)

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      Nikolai Badyev

      Лебедев, хранитель музея (озв. Алексей Кожевников)

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      Vladimir Kadochnikov

      Семён, подпоручик

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      Galina Luchai

      Катерина Матвеевна, жена Сухова

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      Svetlana Slivinskaya

      Саида, старшая жена Абдуллы

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      Velta Deglav

      Хафиза, жена Абдуллы

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      D. Gerami

      Ибрагим, бандит

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      Igor Milonov

      Аристарх, бандит

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      Tatyana Krichevskaya

      Джамиля, жена Абдуллы

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      Alla Limenes

      Зарина, жена Абдуллы

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      Zinaida Rachmatova

      Зульфия, жена Абдуллы

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      Tatyana Tkach

      Зухра, жена Абдуллы

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      Lidiya Smirnova

      Лейла, жена Абдуллы

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      Marina Stavitskaya

      Гюзель, жена Абдуллы

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      Aleksandr Massarskiy

      бандит

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      Arkadiy Sokolov

      бандит

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      Yakov Lents

      старик

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      Irakli Nijaradze

      старик

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      Yu. Darumov

      эпизод

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      I. Abdulragimov

      эпизод

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      Andrey Naymushin

      эпизод

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      K. Omarov

      эпизод

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      Vitaliy Matveyev

      бандит (нет в титрах)

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      Andrey Smirnov

      бандит (нет в титрах)

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      Май-Маевский

      старик (нет в титрах)

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      Рамазанов

      старик (нет в титрах)

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      Феликс Джиоев

      эпизод (нет в титрах)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    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

    -

    Keywords

    • civil war
    • desert
    • red army
    • 1910s