Beloe solntse pustyni

original title:
Beloe solntse pustyni
other titles:
White Sun of the Desert , (Weiße Sonne der Wüste)
country / year of production:
USSR / 1970
original length:
85 min. , color
premiere:
30 March 1970
genre:
adventure
based on:
director:
Vladimir Motyl
film script:
Valentin Ezhov , Rustam Ibragimbekov , Mark Zakharov
producer:
cinematographer:
Eduard Aleksandrovich Rozovsky
editor:
composer:
Isaak Shvarts
cast (role):
Anatoli Kuznetsov (Fyodor Sukhov) , Spartak Vasilyevich Mishulin (Sayid) , Kakhi Kavsadze (Abdulla) , Pavel Borisovich Luspekayev (Vereschagin) , Anatoli Kuznetsov , Spartak Vasilyevich Mishulin , Kakhi Kavsadze , Pavel Borisovich Luspekayev
more:
plot synopsis:
A soldier of the Red Army named Sukhov has been fighting in the Russian Civil War in Russian Asia for many years. Just as he is about to return home to his wife, Sukhov is chosen to guard and protect the harem of a guerilla leader (Abdulla). Abdulla is wanted by the Red Army and left his harem behind because the women hindered him. Sukhov's task proves to be more difficult than he imagined...
keywords:
women during wartime , order and obedience , made-for-TV film , battle-fatigue
war:
Russian Civil War (1917-1921)
literature:
Jörg Baberowski. Revolution in Russland: 1917-1921. Erfurt: Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Thüringen, 2007.
remarks:
Was filmed in Turkmenistan and Dagestan.

"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". (Source: www.imdb.com).
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