White Sun of the Desert (1969)

Original title

Белое солнце пустыни

Directed by

Vladimir Motyl

Genre

tragicomedy, adventure film, war film, romance film, ostern

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

12+

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 178 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Red Army soldier helps a group of women across a desert during the Russian Civil War. He deals with bandits and tricky situations along the way.

whimsicalmelancholicadventuroushumoroustensenostalgicdramaticlighthearted

What happens

White Sun of the Desert (Russian: Белое солнце пустыни, romanized: Beloye solntse pustyni) is a 1970 Soviet Ostern film. Its blend of action comedy, music and drama made it highly successful at the Soviet box-office and resulted in a number of memorable quotes. It retains high domestic approval. Its main theme song, "Your Noble Highness Lady Fortune" (Ваше благородие, госпожа удача, music: Isaac Schwartz, lyrics: Bulat Okudzhava, performed by Pavel Luspekayev) became a hit. The film is watched by Russian cosmonauts before most space launches as a good luck ritual. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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