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...
The White Sun of the Desert has generally received very positive reviews.
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The White Sun of the Desert was released in 1969 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 21 reviews, giving The White Sun of the Desert (1969) an average rating of 78%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 83%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The White Sun of the Desert a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 78%, The White Sun of the Desert is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1969, which stands at 58%.
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