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... | ||
| Title | : | Белое солнце пустыни |
| Release Date | : | 1969-12-14 |
| Runtime | : | |
| Production Countries | : | Soviet Union, |
| Production Co. | : | Lenfilm Mosfilm |
| Genres | : | Action, Drama, Romance, Comedy, Adventure, War, |
| Casts | : | Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Pavel Luspekayev, Spartak Mishulin, Kakhi Kavsadze, Raisa Kurkina, Nikolai Godovikov, Tatyana Fedotova, Musa Dudayev, Nikolai Badyev, Vladimir Kadochnikov, Galina Luchai, Svetlana Slivinskaya, Velta Deglav, D. Gerami, Igor Milonov, Tatyana Krichevskaya, Alla Limenes, Zinaida Rachmatova, Tatyana Tkach, Lidiya Smirnova, Marina Stavitskaya, Aleksandr Massarskiy, Arkadiy Sokolov, Yakov Lents, Irakli Nijaradze, Yu. Darumov, I. Abdulragimov, Andrey Naymushin, K. Omarov, Vitaliy Matveyev, Andrey Smirnov, Май-Маевский, Рамазанов, Феликс Джиоев, |
| Plot Keywords | : | civil war, desert, red army, 1910s, |
| Alternative Titles | : | White Sun of the Desert Бялото слънце на пустинята Aavikon laki El sol blanco del desierto O Sol Branco do Deserto Soarele alb al deșertului Il bianco sole del deserto Le soleil blanc du désert El fulgurante sol del desierto |
