White sun of the desert | EASTERN | FULL MOVIE

A Soviet ‘Red Western’ classic. The Russian civil war is over, but Basmachi gangs still roam Central Asia. Fyodor Ivanovich Sukhov, a Red Army soldier, intends to return home to his beloved wife Katerina Matveyevna, but unexpected events force him to stay in the desert. The brutal bandit Abdullah and his gang kill everyone in their path and threaten to destroy the women of their leader’s former harem.
Fun facts: Film scholars believed that White Sun of the Desert had much in common with such films as The Passenger by Antonioni, The Sheltering Sky by Bertolucci, and Soviet movie The Thirteen by Mikhail Romm. In 2021, a distant Western reference might be Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino. Therefore, the genre of the movie is vague. Film critics define the movie as a western, a red western (or eastern), and even an action flick. Many quotes from White Sun of the Desert have become catchphrases in Russian culture. The song Your Noble Highness Lady Fortune, written especially for the movie, became a hit.
The Red Western as a genre, with films such as The Elusive Avengers, Dauria, At Home Among the Strangers, and White Sun of the Desert, to name a few, became a relevant phenomenon in the Soviet film industry, causing a wave of imitations in the 60-70s, both in central studios and in film studios of the Central Asian republics.
Year of production: 1969
Directed by: Vladimir Motyl
Written by: Valentin Ezhov, Rustam Ibragimbekov
Director of photography: Eduard Rozovsky
Music: Isaac Schwartz
Production designer: Valery Kostrin, Bella Manevich
Starring: Anatoly Kuznetsov, Nikolay Godovikov, Galina Luchai, Spartak Mishulin, Kakhi Kavsadze, Pavel Luspekayev, Tatiana Fedotova
The film was digitally restored by Mosfilm Cinema Concern
Find out more: cg.mosfilm.ru/en
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[@igory3789]

Interesting fact: Customs officer Vereschagin has a real prototype ( though with another name). He was really feared by border smugglers and had a detachment of soldiers under his lead, they fought with smugglers and protected the borders of Russian empire. When bolsheviks came to power, the new authorities visited him, but seeing his dedication to the service didn’t dismiss him, but gave even more soldiers. And the guy served as a head of customs for many years until just before the pension, he was appointed the Head of Fire Fighting Service of city Tashkent, where he served before his retirement.

[@maksimluzin1121]

It was Michail Pospelov, the prototype of Vereschagin in the film...

[@user-yp4ik3ub8c]

Вы правы. Дедушка мой служил под его командованием. То что вы описали , это чистая правда.

[@igory3789]

@@user-yp4ik3ub8c Это здорово ! Я сам родом из г. Ташкента, мне очень понравилась история про прототипа Верещагина, только не помню его настоящего имени.

[@sandroalfredo5249]

A great movie.

[@fastek1kazz49]

Great film..

[@thomaslabantt6625]

great film!!!

[@MeagerHomeless]

The quality of this film is incredible for the 1970s I wonder what camera they used

[@user-fl5jx7pw2z]

фильм снят на плёнке \свема\

[@Megalochoerus]

shot on film. All cameras filmed like that at the time. watch "Paper Moon" a very interesting film.

[@paulmorris5166]

Really enjoyed this film. Thank you for posting it.

[@GSA12685]

Fun fact: cosmonauts watch this movie before start to iss, it is some kind of tradition.

[@SnakeBush]

It's a good movie

[@ashokkumar-se5sl]

27:49 POINT TO BE NOTED MY LORD

[@Vivanco488]

ن whats your ethnicity?

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

Wow, I LOVED this!

[@wasanthakatukurunda5949]

Tribute to you for bringing these hidden russian gems to international audience with english subtitles .

[@TOOKAN68]

According to Russian tradition, all cosmonauts watch this film before launch.

[@jorossi927]

what a terrific flick!

[@huberina2968]

One of the best movies I' ve ever seen.. Amazing mosfilm...

[@Loutsa-yi7lq]

Spasibo za qtot filim,spasibo

[@ronaldstrange8981]

An excellent film Enjoy. July, 2023.

[@michaelbrandt5416]

At my high school in the early 80s in art class, there was a stash of old magazines of Soviet Life which I took great delight in reading. They told of life in general in the U.S.S.R and had a section devoted to reviews on literature,art , film, and music. In one of those magazines there was a review of this film. I only remember it was compared to a James Bond film so naturally I took interest in it and viewed it here. Loved it! The part at 28:50 where the hero sets up the old record player really got my attention because the song, played all too brief, sounded like the old Seekers hit "The carnival is Over". Anyone else noticed ?

[@MSizov]

This is an old Russian folk song about the Cossack ataman. It sings that the ataman captured an oriental beauty and forgot about his comrades. After the Cossacks reproached him for this, the ataman threw the beauty overboard of the boat on which they were sailing, and she drowned.

[@robwilde855]

Yes. And it turns out that the Seekers' song was deliberately based on that nineteenth-century Russian song. Wikipedia says: "The Carnival Is Over" is a song written by Tom Springfield, for the Australian folk pop group the Seekers. It is based on a Russian folk song from circa 1883, adapted with original English-language lyrics... ..."The main tune of "The Carnival is Over" is adapted from a Russian song about the Cossack ataman Stenka Razin which became popular in Russia in the 1890s. The original poem of "Stenka Razin" was written in 1883 by the poet and Povolzhye region ethnographer Dmitry Sadovnikov. The text of this poem, with minor changes, was set to the music of Из-за острова на стрежень[6] by an unknown author. "It told about an episode of the 1670-1671 Russian Peasant Uprising in which Razin allegedly killed his captive, a beautiful Persian Princess whom he had just married. Razin throws the Princess into the Volga river from his boat, in a gesture addressed to his disgruntled jealous comrades who accuse him of "mellowing down" after just one night spent with a woman." It also gives the score, so you can see where it was slightly changed.

[@bardakobama9653]

“Because of the Island on the Rod” is a Russian song with lyrics by Dmitry Sadovnikov, considered folk. In 1669, in a naval battle off Pig Island, the free Cossacks of Stepan Razin defeated the Persian fleet. According to legend, in this battle, the daughter of the Persian commander-in-chief Mamed Khan, the “Persian princess,” was captured by the Cossacks.

[@mailenekayerosales3043]

Russian movies really amazed me. I love it.

[@richardmollberg3096]

Jag var där. Filmen tog mig dit: platsen, tiden, handlingen och äventyret, långt långt borta. Vilket verk och vilken överraskning!

[@brucebean2805]

Hollywood has nothing over Russian movie Making. The role of the ladies of the harém brillant. Wonderful movie, thanks to the channel.

[@sanjadebbarma2388]

indeed

[@digimaks]

Soviet , not Russian. Modern Russian moviemaking has lost its mind, and they trying too hard to copycat Hollywood in EVERYTHING. It sucks. They have lost the old Soviet era filmmaking school.

[@MarMar-nq9ii]

@@digimaks What is interesting is that many directors who shot masterpieces in the USSR were not able to shoot at least something worthwhile after the end of the USSR era. People have outlived their era for a long time. Eldar Ryazanov, Mark Zakharov... And many others.

[@TS-1267]

... Only in Movies Though MMmmm.? ...🤔

[@alejandrahauca7657]

Возможно вы не знаете, на заре кинематографа специалисты из Голливуда ездили на Мосфильм учиться спецэффектам у советских мастеров

[@wildcolonialman]

Brilliant Russian Cinema.

[@wafaabbas3604]

What a beautiful movie, thanks for the subtitles.

[@adamfox1669]

Kind of disturbing when my government controlled media says Russia is my enemy. I make my own choices- never believe what you’ve been fed.

[@linapakhomova1638]

Exactly!

[@subutaibaghatur4329]

This movie turns to be a hidden gem ! Thanks, Mosfilm. I love it.

[@SergTyuboss]

Lenfilm!

[@jerebuck]

The setting for this movie is astounding: the script is lively, witty, well paced, the story is good. Very enjoyable, thanks for posting.

[@user-nr9xh5tm7b]

The film is based on the novel by Valentin Yezhov and Rustam Ibragimbekov "The White Sun of the Desert". The content of the novel is much more than it is presented in the film.

[@rogerhill138]

Wonderful, thanks.

[@CdeElle]

I really enjoyed watching this. There are some really funny parts. I liked the lead character's attitude, he's helpful but unwilling to get emotionally involved.

[@tanujitdas3868]

দারুন সিনেমা। কিছু বলার নেই। দারুন শিল্পকর্মের নিদর্শন।

[@WonderfulDay2023]

Грандиозный фильм.

[@WonderfulDay2023]

Луспекаеву всего лишь 42 и он не дожил до премьеры фильма.

[@sncaz1767]

excellent film

[@foxtrot4755]

Soviet and Russian are almost synonymous. The Russians were the first in the world to create a socialist state with equal rights for women and men, and the whole world is grateful to the great Russians for this gift to humanity.

[@juju10683]

Conquering people then telling them they are free is fraught with contradictions

[@williamcritchley]

Except neither Soviet or Russian people today have any rights worth more than a rouble.

[@foxtrot4755]

​@@williamcritchleytoday Russians have more rights and freedoms than Americans, duped by their corrupt leaders and totalitarian corporate media.

[@user-xc6wd3hb4s]

Thanks for this movie with English subtitles.

[@Elitist20]

I saw a dubbed version of this on Australian TV in the 70s. It was part of a series called 'Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse', but Stuart was rather puzzled at what a Russian, returning home after the Revolution, would be doing in what looked like Arabia! I didn't find out till years later that this was Soviet Central Asia - not quite the Middle East, but close to it - and the sea is the Caspian, with Iran on its southern shore.

[@chilblain1]

Well, this is my new favorite!

[@mahmooad8798]

فليم رائع جدا جدا شكرا لك ❤❤

[@nathliemajskolv3525]

Thank you so much for the upload.

[@jozefmalik8443]

Pozdravujem zo Slovenska 🇸🇰 Film som videl prvý raz niekedy v roku 1970 a bol titulkami v Češtine, zaujímavý pribeh ma zaujal, film je dobrý.,

[@isharaudayangawimalaweera3642]

Great job. Thank you very much. Love from Sri Lanka

[@editzdigitalstudio7445]

Thanks for the upload

[@SuperSy99]

This cinematography is superior than modern digicam

[@sananto6896]

Man, freaking Russians know how to make a good movie.

[@kamalhossein8026]

Brilliant, Masterpiece....

[@bonifaciodachuva]

Excellent movie, i enjoyed it from start to end. thanks!

[@rocistone6570]

I believe that this is the film watched by Soviet Cosmonauts on the night before they were launched. I do not know if the tradition continued after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

[@AndrewTakkep]

this tradition still exists today

[@jorgehidalgo4792]

Great movie. What a site a desert with the sea, magnificent.

[@helloworld-ti5zs]

Soviet Turkmenistan. Central Asia. 😊

[@jorgehidalgo4792]

Thank you. I might visit someday.@@helloworld-ti5zs

[@Chaldon-hl6yk]

"White Sun of the Desert" was filmed in Turkmenistan and Dagestan, most scenes were filmed on the shores of the Caspian Sea in the vicinity of Makhachkala and Kaspiysk, as well as on the Sarykum dune.

[@jorgehidalgo4792]

thank you. It looks beautiful@@Chaldon-hl6yk

[@rahilsmart]

Superb movie with amazing artists.

[@thadtuiol1717]

From the 1960s to the 1980s, Soviet film making really was something else. Thank you for posting this Mosfilm, with such great picture quality and well-written English subtitles!

[@vadimanreev4585]

That time was Soviet - the main thing is people, now bourgeois - the main thing is money.

[@timoaksel9320]

The original Eastern!👍😎

[@charliepearce8767]

What cool movie ! Thank you from Australia !

[@Eugene-Mikhnevich]

Great movie 🎥😊

[@Burhat]

Там даже Абдулла герой, со своей философией. Враг достойный уважения.

[@Gerodot.]

Философия у Абдулы такая: И тогда Бог сказал мне садись на коня и возьми сам что хочешь если ты сильный и храбрый.

[@Burhat]

@@Gerodot. кинжал хорош для того у кого он есть и плохо тому у кого его не окажется в нужное время. Еслиб не цеплялся за баб, а ушел с товаром на баркасе, купил бы еще один гарем.

[@Dozornui]

@@Burhat дело не в бабах. Атаман банды не имел права проиграть одинокому красноармейцу (петруха не в счет, верещагин и саид помогли в последний момент)

[@Burhat]

@@Dozornui красные на хвосте, какие на хрен бабы. Товар на баркас и за кордон. Мертвому все равно имел, не имел. Надо остаться живым и с товаром.

[@PalPan]

Он там единственный реальный герой.

[@donitaforrest9064]

❤ Russian Movies

[@KetchR]

Wonderful colours

[@aethelstanabromowicz1981]

Thanks for this! Only ever seen poor quality versions of the film, looks really good in HD.

[@Regimiento9]

Una película divertida. Está bien hecha.

[@helenanovak725]

What an amazing film! Immensely interesting and enjoyable. Thank you for subtitling it so that international community can also enjoy this gem.

[@Star_Sword777]

A great country, a great people. What a movie! The humouristic touch is praiseworthy. Thank you MOSFILM.

[@user-wx9hp6tt1b]

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF I STEAL YOUR WIFE AND TELL EVERYONE YOURE ABUSING HER?

[@sikambrsicambrian4691]

You should know that the original script was rather anti-communist. There Sukhov was not a bolshevik, but a lone wolf in search of his wife, fleeing bolsheviks, and Abdulla was actually a very interesting, well-educated character, deeply in love with a Russian woman he had met in Saint Petersburg. He did not give a fudge about his harem that he was basically obligated to keep against his wish because of his status among the Central Asian nobility. An extremely interesting and multifaceted piece of literature. Completely butchered in the movie.

[@1hunidbanz300]

@@sikambrsicambrian4691 very interesting. thank you for sharing

[@thangnguyenduy3335]

very good movie. i love mosfilm

[@shridharmakirti4649]

Brilliant surreal.delightful.

[@joeredman569]

Wow!

[@ryszardzemetro1192]

Super film.

[@JJM-qf8dz]

Thank you for the download. Great time enjoyed every minute of the plot. Thanks

[@nesan65]

what a movie ! I love Russian movies.

[@jaygupta8913]

What a marvellous gem of a movie except for the ending that haste and hurry can be felt to finish abruptly .

[@user-jy4ps6mr3y]

Просто в этом варианте нет финала , который был изначально задуман и снят авторами . В финале фильма , женщины гарема , на берегу моря оплакивают погибшего Абдулу .

[@WonderfulDay2023]

Wonderful film!

[@Stefanthenautilus]

Come for 27:24; stay to watch the rest of this lovely piece of Soviet cinema.

[@patrickbarrett5650]

Brilliant. Thank you. 👏🏻

[@marcolin2249]

what a wonderful filmage!

[@johanfourie6534]

Excellent movie.

[@gyatsoloyak9542]

Good movie

[@KHANBHAI-TOFEEQ]

27:30

[@Allan-mf1he]

Its a great almost tragic comedy. Was enjoyable.

[@user-ss3jy1cr1b]

please we whish like these movies to be subtitled also in arabic

[@MrWaalkman]

Thank you so much for the upload! Definitely one of my favorite movies! :)

[@billearnshaw1074]

Thank you, great movie...

[@friendly1huda7]

Mosfilm always comes with great movies; sensible and touching with great stories. I wonder how did mother Russia produce so many good writers!

[@user-rb7in3wq2v]

Они всегда были , есть и будут .. наши писатели никуда не делись ..

[@user-jr8vh7vc8m]

@@user-rb7in3wq2vчитателей нет

[@carlreed6186]

Russia has always been good in the arts just not in politics.

[@Shot5hells]

Free education I guess, the USSR had the most doctors per capita and the most in total numbers for awhile too. Nowadays Cuba holds that position of most doctors per capita, but I haven’t looked into Cuban literature.

[@user-jr8vh7vc8m]

@@carlreed6186 СССР это был социальный эксперимент над историей проведенный русским народом - но за русским человеком с колен никто не поднялся..

[@artsakhmitradarma3015]

MASTERPIECE

[@specialtasks5016]

After watching this Movie Many times I am thankful Mother Russia has it's Own Brilliant Film Makers. We would all be better for finding the similarities between the Great Nations... instead of looking for ways to keep Great Nations apart. All have the responsibility of providing for their Population... and understanding War is a necessary economic evil when so many people are unskilled, uneducated and unappreciated, and again after all as we lack the "Survival of the fittest" as a way of life... War is not simply necessary... it is Mandatory for Mutual survival of our Species. War becomes the Crucible for Survival of the Fittest. We control with Great Vigor the populations of Animals realizing anything out of Balance will result in a disaster... and yet... we do not carefully control the expansion of the Human population... resulting in Poverty... Misery, and economic Failures and of course the primary tool required to balance the equation... WAR.

[@Narbok]

Pure art; I love that western spaghetti, chambara and this movie share the same ideology!

[@rolandogonzalez4281]

Magnifica

[@WonderfulDay2023]

У Луспекаева виден на правой руке шрам. Он у него с ВОВ остался. Я только теперь это заметил и узнал что и как.

[@williammanning1028]

Thoroughly enjoyed this film!

[@barbituratik]

it became a tradition among soviet spacemen to watch this movie before the start off

[@ziggyschumann5284]

Very funny and original storyline.

[@paulbrandenburg6800]

Muy bueno

[@diegodiaz9849]

Que pena que no se encuentre subtitulada al español. Saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾

[@sergeysu9103]

There are with Spanish subtitles. On the same channel. Posted 4 weeks ago.

[@briansnyder5144]

Thanks for sharing and I didnt know Russian movies were so awesome!! God Bless her peeps

[@elladapetrosyan9610]

USSR movies...Bcs the cast was multiethnic: Russians, Armenians, Georgians, Ukrainians, Jews, Moldovans, directed the movies, wrote screen plays, decorated the sets, wrote music and directed the orchestras, and finally acted in these great films. E.g. Vereshyagin the customs officer is played by an Armenian actor, he sadly shortly passed away.

[@user-hz1mx8ly2i]

@@elladapetrosyan9610 да , даже в процессе съемок он уже не мог ходить , поэтому обычно снимался в крупных ракурсах

[@user-jr8vh7vc8m]

@@elladapetrosyan9610армянский?

[@YuriyD75]

@@user-jr8vh7vc8mда, Луспекаев из донских армян

[@user-jr8vh7vc8m]

@@YuriyD75 как давно?

[@Artem_Petrov_RUS]

>Why are you here? >Shots

[@marklukens8835]

A wonderful film!

[@bartvandenberg4901]

OMG, I love Stalin now!

[@AlexanderTch]

They you've become very smart to understand that. Congratulations

[@alexa.5601]

Please don't... This was filmed long after Khrushchev's dismantling of Stalin, and has nothing to do with him.

[@user-ic1ng7xl6t]

Welcome to the club. He was greate historycal figure, no matter how they lie about him.

[@elenaverjelschi4563]

Educational very important part of history revealed in a humanitarian mission 👏 bravo I hope you will post more movies 🙏

[@watersoilsun847]

Great movie thanks : ))

[@luizalbertosalomao9552]

É uma pena não ter legendas em Português.

[@arnoldustwumasi1253]

Thank you

[@nodariadze1619]

Отличный фильм.И лучший язык в мире.РУССКИЙ .I love .

[@mikaelliz9216]

Love from word Lubov in russian.Lubov=lov, From SOLNTSE you may recive: sun,sol,sonne. Old Russian longuage is father of longuages of world. Longuage of RA.

[@user-ml8kp1iw2s]

Фильм гениальный, несмотря на политический контекст, добро и зло и преданность и верность долгу... каждый выбирает для себя

[@carlosanguineti956]

Again, I remember very well this movie when I saw the first time when I was in my twenties (now I'm 66...). Can I recommend this movie, because of the comedy and because of politics? I enjoyed this movie when I was young, and I enjoy the movie still now. Brilliant.

[@annakryzilinski4748]

I want to learn to speak Russian after the events of the past year and this film is a reminder of the spirit of Russians to live love and continue to thrive and survive in a hostile world. I was reminded of this film by an article about the life of The Russian artist, Vasily Vereshchagin, who painted "Apotheosis of War" 1871. A story well worth researching. Thanks so much to you for uploading this remarkable film so deserving of a wide audience!

[@valitino2704]

Me too! 😂 😂

[@whatisthishandlegarbage]

lol so weird to see non russians watching this movie. these are soviet time movies that was just a time period in history that can never be repeated. it's such a unique look into the past. russian movies today cannot come close to how good soviet movies were.

[@Wrh40k]

@@whatisthishandlegarbage As a resident of one of Russia's neighboring countries, I will say that the trend of the last 10 years in Russian society is growing in popularity of communism, despite the fact that the Kremlin is trying to vilify this period. All this is happening against the backdrop of another trend, that capitalism has been sinking into a global crisis for the last 15 years. So your conclusions that the Soviet period will never repeat itself are wrong. With the limited resources of our planet, humanity cannot live indefinitely in a consumer culture. Sooner or later people will get over this stage, no matter where it happens in Russia or any other country.

[@vivadjango]

@SechMan I agree in general. I remember when Jose Mujica (the President of Uruguay a decade ago) spoke at the U.N. (if I remember correctly) and said the consumerist model is unsustainable in the long run. That if everyone in India for example wanted to follow the U.S. ideal of a house with two cars in the garage that there are simply not enough resources for this model long term or something to that effect. I don't believe a Soviet Style centralized economy is the answer but neither is it the Neo-Liberal model of Capitalism in the U.S. where "the market" is sacrosanct and is left mostly to its own devices. The western model seems to be in essence to consume and die, and to of course be consuming a lot of prescription medication as you slowly die. Depressing stuff to be sure. However, I wouldn't want to live in the Soviet Union either. The European model of Capitalism with a strong government enforcing lots of regulations on capital seems to be the best option at the moment. But what the hell do I know?

[@user-rb7in3wq2v]

Советские фильмы - это наше достояние , всегда их с удовольствием пересматриваем ..Наслаждаемся красивыми композициями ,интересными диалогами, естественными лицами актёров и тд., эх , сейчас так не снимают ...

[@wizarden1]

This film is watched by Russian cosmonauts before the flight. This is considered a good omen.

[@rock-steadi-cam5058]

As a space fan, I bought a Blu Ray from Russia, but there is no English. Perhaps I will finally understand this film! thanks!