The White Sun of the Desert (Ruscico, Subtitles) (DVD NTSC)

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Studio(s): Ruscico, MosFilm
DVD Region: ALL

Theatrical release: 1969
DVD release: 2003
Sound format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1
Language(s): Russian, English, French
Subtitles: Russian, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese
Format: 4:3
Genre(s): Action, Drama, Russian Civil War

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.

Special Freatures:
Interviews with the script-witers Valentin Yezhov and Rustam Ibragimbekov;
Documentary;
Filmographies;
Photo Album

	Director: Vladimir Motyl'
	Script: Valentin Ezhov, Rustam Ibragimbekov, Mark Zakharov
	Camera: Eduard Rozovskij
	Music: Isaac Schwartz, Bulat Okudzhava
	Cast: Spartak Mishulin, Anatolij Kuznetsov, Kakhi Kavsadze, Pavel Luspekaev, Raisa Kurkina, Tat'yana Tkach, Nikolaj Godovikov, Yakov Lents
	Art Director: Valerij Kostrin, Berta Manevich
	Sound producer: Mikhail Lazarev, Georgij Sal'e