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White Sun of the Desert

Movie · 1969 · 83 min

A sunbaked, wry adventure that balances gunfights and desert chases with gentle comedy and a bittersweet sense of duty.

About
1969 film by Vladimir Motyl
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Class
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Year
1969
Runtime
83 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • freedom
  • loyalty
  • identity
  • survival
  • justice
Places
  • countryside
  • sea
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour5
Realism6
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

Details

Genres
tragicomedy, adventure, war, romance, ostern
Directed by
Vladimir Motyl
Written by
Mark Zakharov, Rustam Ibrahimbeyov, Valentin Ezhov
Starring
Anatoly Kuznetsov, Kakhi Kavsadze, Spartak Mishulin, Pavel Luspekayev, Musa Dudayev, Raisa Kurkina, Nikolay Badyev, Nikolay Godovikov
Music
Isaac Schwartz
Cinematography
Eduard Rozovsky
Runtime
83 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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