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The White Sun of the Desert
The White Sun of the Desert

The White Sun of the Desert

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

83 mins

Rating

7.221/10

Release Date

14 December 1969

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Anatoliy Kuznetsov

Anatoliy Kuznetsov

Фёдор Иванович Сухов, красноармеец

Pavel Luspekayev

Pavel Luspekayev

Павел Артемьевич Верещагин, таможенник

Spartak Mishulin

Spartak Mishulin

Саид

Kakhi Kavsadze

Kakhi Kavsadze

Абдулла (озв. Михаил Волков)

Raisa Kurkina

Raisa Kurkina

Настасья, жена Верещагина

Nikolai Godovikov

Nikolai Godovikov

Петруха

Tatyana Fedotova

Tatyana Fedotova

Гюльчатай (озв. Надежда Румянцева)

Musa Dudayev

Musa Dudayev

Рахимов, красный командир (озв. Игорь Ефимов)

Nikolai Badyev

Nikolai Badyev

Лебедев, хранитель музея (озв. Алексей Кожевников)

Vladimir Kadochnikov

Vladimir Kadochnikov

Семён, подпоручик

Galina Luchai

Galina Luchai

Катерина Матвеевна, жена Сухова

Svetlana Slivinskaya

Svetlana Slivinskaya

Саида, старшая жена Абдуллы

Velta Deglav

Velta Deglav

Хафиза, жена Абдуллы

D. Gerami

D. Gerami

Ибрагим, бандит

Igor Milonov

Igor Milonov

Аристарх, бандит

Tatyana Krichevskaya

Tatyana Krichevskaya

Джамиля, жена Абдуллы

Alla Limenes

Alla Limenes

Зарина, жена Абдуллы

Zinaida Rachmatova

Zinaida Rachmatova

Зульфия, жена Абдуллы

Tatyana Tkach

Tatyana Tkach

Зухра, жена Абдуллы

Lidiya Smirnova

Lidiya Smirnova

Лейла, жена Абдуллы

Marina Stavitskaya

Marina Stavitskaya

Гюзель, жена Абдуллы

Aleksandr Massarskiy

Aleksandr Massarskiy

бандит

Arkadiy Sokolov

Arkadiy Sokolov

бандит

Yakov Lents

Yakov Lents

старик

Irakli Nijaradze

Irakli Nijaradze

старик

Yu. Darumov

Yu. Darumov

эпизод

I. Abdulragimov

I. Abdulragimov

эпизод

Andrey Naymushin

Andrey Naymushin

эпизод

K. Omarov

K. Omarov

эпизод

Vitaliy Matveyev

Vitaliy Matveyev

бандит (нет в титрах)

Andrey Smirnov

Andrey Smirnov

бандит (нет в титрах)

Май-Маевский

Май-Маевский

старик (нет в титрах)

Рамазанов

Рамазанов

старик (нет в титрах)

Феликс Джиоев

Феликс Джиоев

эпизод (нет в титрах)

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