White Sun of the Desert

White Sun of the Desert
Directed byVladimir Motyl
Written byValentin Yezhov
Rustam Ibragimbekov
Produced byExperimental Studio of Mosfilm
StarringAnatoly Kuznetsov
Spartak Mishulin
Pavel Luspekayev
CinematographyEduard Rozovsky
Music byIsaac Schwartz (song lyrics by Bulat Okudzhava)
Distributed byLenfilm
Mosfilm
Release date
  • 30 March 1970 (1970-03-30)
Running time
85 min
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

White Sun of the Desert (Russian: Белое солнце пустыни, romanized: Beloye solntse pustyni) is a 1970 Soviet Ostern film.

Its blend of action comedy, music and drama made it highly successful at the Soviet box-office and resulted in a number of memorable quotes. It retains high domestic approval. Its main theme song, "Your Noble Highness Lady Fortune" (Ваше благородие, госпожа удача, music: Isaac Schwartz, lyrics: Bulat Okudzhava, performed by Pavel Luspekayev) became a hit. The film is watched by Russian cosmonauts before most space launches as a good luck ritual.