The White Sun of the Desert backdrop

The White Sun of the Desert 1969 Directed by Vladimir Motyl 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...

Production Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Language Russian
Gneres Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Romance , War
Production Companies Mosfilm , Lenfilm
Release Date 14 December 1969
83 mins
Cast
Pavel Luspekayev Vereshchagin
Raisa Kurkina Nastasya
Musa Dudayev Rakhimov
Galina Luchai Катерина Матвеевна, жена Сухова
Svetlana Slivinskaya Саида, старшая жена Абдуллы
Velta Deglav Хафиза, жена Абдуллы
D. Gerami Ибрагим, бандит
Igor Milonov Аристарх, бандит
Tatyana Krichevskaya Джамиля, жена Абдуллы
Alla Limenes Зарина, жена Абдуллы
Zinaida Rachmatova Зульфия, жена Абдуллы
Tatyana Tkach Зухра, жена Абдуллы
Lidiya Smirnova Лейла, жена Абдуллы
Marina Stavitskaya Гюзель, жена Абдуллы
Aleksandr Massarskiy бандит
Arkadiy Sokolov бандит
Yakov Lents старик
Irakli Nijaradze старик
Yu. Darumov эпизод
I. Abdulragimov эпизод
Andrey Naymushin эпизод
K. Omarov эпизод
Vitaliy Matveyev бандит (нет в титрах)
Andrey Smirnov бандит (нет в титрах)
Май-Маевский старик (нет в титрах)
Рамазанов старик (нет в титрах)
Феликс Джиоев эпизод (нет в титрах)