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The White Sun of the Desert (1969)
Synopsis & Story Arc
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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...
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Directing & Screenplay
Cast & Characters
Anatoliy Kuznetsov
Anatoliy Kuznetsov
as Sukhov
Pavel Luspekayev
Pavel Luspekayev
as Vereshchagin
Spartak Mishulin
Spartak Mishulin
as Said
Kakhi Kavsadze
Kakhi Kavsadze
as Abdulla
Raisa Kurkina
Raisa Kurkina
as Nastasya
Nikolai Godovikov
Nikolai Godovikov
as Petrukha
Tatyana Fedotova
Tatyana Fedotova
as Gulchatai
Musa Dudayev
Musa Dudayev
as Rakhimov
Nikolai Badyev
Nikolai Badyev
as Lebedev
Vladimir Kadochnikov
Vladimir Kadochnikov
as Semyon
Galina Luchai
Galina Luchai
as Катерина Матвеевна, жена СуховаSvetlana Slivinskaya
Svetlana Slivinskaya
as Саида, старшая жена АбдуллыCinematography & Large-Format Specifications
Cinematographic negative, aspect ratios & laboratory mastering sheet
| Aspect Ratios | 2.39:1 |
|---|---|
| Camera Systems | Arri Alexa LF / Panavision Millennium DXL2 |
| Negative Format | 35mm / 65mm / Digital Master |
| Printed Film Format | 70mm / DCP Master |
| Sound Mix Formats | Dolby AtmosDTS:X5.1 Surround |
| Laboratory / VFX | Technicolor / Double Negative (DNEG) |
| Color Processing | Color (Rec.709 / DCI-P3 Mastering) |
| Official Runtime | 83 min |
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