The White Sun of the Desert
1969 · 83 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 8,191 VOTES · DIR. Vladimir Motyl
Overview
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...
Dialogue Timeline — 594 lines
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00:00:39 And another thing I must tell you, my dearest Katerina Matveyevna:
00:06:00 I've dug up two like you, and nothing happened...
00:08:43 but it's so boring.
00:11:35 What do you say, Sukhov?
00:13:25 Leyla
00:16:33 - Who are you? - I'm the museum's curator.
00:20:35 From Brigade Commander M.N. Kovun.
00:24:27 We've been sitting here for a long time.
00:28:03 Show your face.
00:31:22 Hold it!
00:34:30 Let's check out that Sukhov.
00:37:16 Hello.
00:40:40 That's right.
00:43:22 - Our husband forgot about us before he knew us. - Why, we're not that bad.
00:47:25 I would also like to tell you, Katerina Matveyevna
00:50:20 Abdullah, you may put your hands down.
00:53:20 And that red-haired one who was here
00:57:44 I counted on you, Sayid.
01:00:41 Get down!
01:04:02 There'll be luck in love!
01:06:42 Fyodor! Is Petrukha with you?
01:09:23 It pains me to see the state suffering.
01:16:51 Some you grace with fortune, Others you would duck.
01:19:46 So I hasten to inform you that I'm alive and well, and hope you're, too.