White Sun of the Desert

Original title: Beloe solntse pustyni

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At the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov is ordered to guard the harem of a Caspian Sea guerrilla leader.At the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov is ordered to guard the harem of a Caspian Sea guerrilla leader.At the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov is ordered to guard the harem of a Caspian Sea guerrilla leader.

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Anatoliy Kuznetsov

Fyodor Sukhov

Pavel Luspekayev

Pavel Vereshchagin

Spartak Mishulin

Sayid

Kakhi Kavsadze

Abdulla

Raisa Kurkina

Nastasya, zhena Vereshchagina
(as R. Kurkina)

Nikolai Godovikov

Petrukha
(as N. Godovikov)

Tatyana Fedotova

Gyulchatay
(as T. Fyedotova)

Musa Dudayev

Rakhimov
(as M. Dudayev)

Nikolai Badyev

Lebedev
(as N. Badyev)

Vladimir Kadochnikov

podporuchik Semyon
(as V. Kadochnikov)

I. Abdulragimov

Yu. Darumov

Galina Dashevskaya

Djamilya

Velta Deglav

Khafiza
(as V. Deglav)

D. Gerami

Ibragim

Tatyana Krichevskaya

Dzhamilya
(as T. Krichevskaya)

Yakov Lents

Starik
(as Ya. Lents)

Alla Limenes

Zarina
(as A. Limenes)

Director
- Vladimir Motyl
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Trivia
It is an unbreakable tradition that Russian cosmonauts and foreign guests watch this movie the day before they blast off aboard a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Goofs
The smugglers' boat is first shown on shore with the paint on her hull faded and worn down. The next morning, the boat is seen afloat in the bay freshly painted and loaded with goods. It is unclear how this happened since the Basmachi gang was busy throughout the night hunting for Sukhov and the harem.

Quotes
Sukhov: The Orient is a delicate matter...

Connections
Featured in Space Dogs (2010)

Soundtracks
Vashe blagorodiye, gospozha Razluka
Written by Isaac Schwarts and Bulat Okudzhava
Performed by Pavel Luspekayev

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Cult Classic

I think the "best USSR movie ever" misses the point. This is certainly not the best movie, it wasn't even supposed to do all that well in the theaters when it was first made and released. I don't think anyone ever foresaw its success. However for some reason it just works; audiences identified with it and loved it.

White sun of the desert is a classic western. You don't have to know history of the Soviet Revolution to recognize a western when you see one, for this is exactly the soviet adaptation of the genre. Not only that, but the plot of this movie is just great.

I first saw this film when I was a kid (and numerous times since then), and even though I haven't seen it in a while, even with subtitles, you can't go wrong. I'd rate it 3rd best western along with "The Good, The bad, and the Ugly", "High Noon", and "A bullet for the General."