Is The White Sun of the Desert violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 71% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The White Sun of the Desert scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The White Sun of the Desert end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The White Sun of the Desert sad?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The White Sun of the Desert easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The White Sun of the Desert

Name: The White Sun of the Desert
Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure, War
Released: 1969
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Pavel Luspekayev, Spartak Mishulin, Kakhi Kavsadze, Raisa Kurkina

Directed by Vladimir Motyl

Produced by Lenfilm, Mosfilm

196983 min7.2 / 10

A Soviet-era action-adventure set during the Russian Civil War, balancing desert spectacle with duty and survival amid ideological conflict.

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...

Clusters

Honor, Sacrifice, and Steel Historical War Movies Military Movies Historical Movies Natural Landscapes

Genres

Action Drama Adventure War

Keywords

Civil War Desert Red Army 1910s

Questions people ask

Is The White Sun of the Desert violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.
Is The White Sun of the Desert scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.
Does The White Sun of the Desert end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is The White Sun of the Desert sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is The White Sun of the Desert easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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