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The White Sun of the Desert (1969) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1969 · 83 mins · Russian
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- Directed by
- Vladimir Motyl
- Starring
- Kakhi Kavsadze, Andrey Smirnov, Дмитрий Сорокин, Musa Dudayev, Spartak Mishulin, Lidiya Smirnova
On the eastern Caspian coast in Turkmenistan, Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov returns home after the civil war and is caught in a desert clash between cavalry and Basmachi guerrillas. Rahimov recruits him to guard women from Abdullah’s harem with Petrukha’s help, while cavalry pursues Abdullah. They reach a town where Abdullah’s gang arrives to cross.
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