WHITE SUN OF THE DESERT

One of the most popular Soviet films ever made, this surreal action classic is arguably the most entertaining of the Eastern Bloc “Osterns” inspired by STAGECOACH, HIGH NOON, Kurosawa and Leone.

Fyodor tramps across the sands of Turkmenistan during the Russian Civil War. He’s desperate to return to his wife when he’s diverted into guarding a harem of Muslim women caught between a renegade Red Army unit and local Basmachi guerillas. Filled with endlessly-quotable dialogue and song lyrics, WHITE SUN is as visually striking as A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, with a resourceful hero waging a one-man battle against the bandit chieftain and his army.