Film record

White Sun of the Desert

Original title: Белое солнце пустыни

1969Feature film83 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian
Genres
adventure film · tragicomedy · romance film · war film · ostern

Credits

Direction

Vladimir Motyl — Directing

Cast

Spartak Mishulin — Acting
Pavel Luspekayev — Acting
Anatoly Kuznetsov — Acting
Nikolay Godovikov — Acting
Raisa Kurkina — Acting
Kakhi Kavsadze — Acting
Musa Dudayev — Acting
Nikolay Badyev — Acting

Writing

Valentin Ezhov — Screenwriting
Rustam Ibrahimbeyov — Screenwriting
Mark Zakharov — Screenwriting

Music

Isaac Schwartz — Music composition

Cinematography

Eduard Rozovsky — Cinematography
Documented participation

Film companies and organizations

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Distribution

Lenfilm

International
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Distribution

Netflix

International
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Production

Lenfilm

International
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Production

Mosfilm

International
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Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

Soviet Union · Original release
14 Dec 1969Checked 16 Sep 2026
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