The White Sun of the Desert ( Beloe solntse pustyni )

The White Sun of the Desert (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Beloe solntse pustyni
Language Selections:
Arabic ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Arabic ( Subtitles )
Chinese ( Subtitles )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Hebrew ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Russian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1970 and produced in:
Soviet Union ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Vladimir Motyl

Written By:
Valentin Ezhov
Rustam Ibragimbekov

Actors:
Anatoli Kuznetsov ..... Fyodor Sukhov
Spartak Mishulin ..... Sayid
Kakhi Kavsadze ..... Abdulla
Pavel Luspekayev ..... Vereschagin
Raisa Kurkina ..... Petrukha
Tamara Fedotova ..... Head Wife
Nikolai Godovikov
Musa Dudayev
Nikolai Badyev
V. Kadochnikov
I. Abdulragimov
Tatyana Tkach
D. Gerami
Yu. Darumov
V. Deglav

Synopsis:

This 'Middle-Eastern', or rather a Central-Asian action film, about the Red Army fighting the counter-revolutionary robber bands has become not only a cult movie, but also one of the favorites for several generations of viewers. With Russian cosmonauts, it is a tradition to view this film before going to outer space. The film's success paved the way for a genre of national 'Eastern'. A demobbed soldier, Fyodor Sukhov, is making his way through the desert to his home village. The band of the brutal Abdulla is raging in that area. Sukhov is charged with escorting the chief's harem, because Abdulla intended to kill his women rather than let them go free. Sukhov's mate, a young soldier Petrukha, dies at the hand of Abdulla. But at the decisive moment, Sukhov gets help from the former customs officer Vereshchagin and a poor peasant, Said.

A Russian twist on the American Western, this "Eastern" opens up with a beautiful woman dressed in red walking across an open green field, carrying two pails of water on her shoulders. This woman ends up being almost the heart of the film, even though she has no real part in the movie. Then reality sets in, and the desert by the Caspain sea is seen. The leading man, Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov, is about to return home to his lovely wife (our lady in red) after being away at war when he gets in the middle of a fight, and finds himself in charge of the 9 wives of Abdullah. Throughout the rest of the movie he has to help protect the wives, while they believe themselves to be his. However, his wife seems to be the thing that keeps him going through life as he writes to her every day. He has to help keep the wives safe through the rest of the movie, and keep himself safe to return to his wife, to finally get out of the desert.

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...

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 07 February, 2008.

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