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...
00:08:40 Sure, a dead man doesn't have to worry about anything
00:11:28 You just take them as far as Pedzhent, they will be safer there.
00:13:17 Sayida
00:15:17 It does no good.
00:19:59 How are you?
00:23:43 Abdullah will kill us because of them.
00:27:01 You may forget your accursed past.
00:30:18 D'you know whose house you got in?
00:33:13 A bullet in the heart... Don't call me, enough!
00:36:35 In short, I made peace with Abdullah.
00:38:48 So, it's the peacocks, right?
00:41:56 My father didn't say anything. Dzhavdet killed him in the back.
00:44:44 - You think it's bad? - It's good.
00:48:28 You've been my favorite wife, haven't you? Have I ever hurt you?
00:52:20 They'll board the boat.
00:54:57 Hands up!
00:59:05 named after Comrade August Bebel
01:02:50 Lady Foreign Land.
01:05:07 When I set oil on fire, you'll enjoy it even better.
01:07:45 we'll go to Astrakhan.
01:11:25 Wash up, guys!
01:18:01 No. That's a big detour. I'll go straight and be there sooner.