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White Sun of the Desert

Name: White Sun of the Desert
Released: 1969

Белое солнце пустыни

1969

A Red Army soldier trekking home across the Central Asian desert after the civil war is saddled with protecting the abandoned harem of a fleeing warlord, and must fend off the bandits who come to reclaim the women. A beloved, quotable Soviet adventure.

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