The White Sun of the Desert

Year: 1969

Runtime: 83 mins

Language: Russian

Director: Vladimir Motyl

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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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