The White Sun of the Desert
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...
- Director
- Vladimir Motyl
- Writer
- Valentin Ezhov
- Original Music Composer
- Isaac Schwarts
- Writer
- Rustam Ibragimbekov
Questions
- Is The White Sun of the Desert free to watch?
- Not on Filmghar: we only play films and episodes that are in the public domain or that the owner has made free. We'll show it here as soon as it is free.
- Where can I watch The White Sun of the Desert in Pakistan?
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- Who is in the cast of The White Sun of the Desert?
- The White Sun of the Desert stars Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Pavel Luspekayev, Spartak Mishulin, Kakhi Kavsadze.
- What kind of film is The White Sun of the Desert?
- The White Sun of the Desert (1969) is a action, drama, adventure film.
