The Western that nearly killed everyone who made it — and they filmed THAT too.
A documentary film about the work of stuntmen and camera operators in Soviet cinema, using the film "White Sun of the Desert" as an example.
Stunts
Stuntmen eating sand and explosions for breakfast. No CGI, no mercy.
Practical Effects
How to fake a desert with actual danger and Soviet engineering.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
White Sun of the Desert became THE Soviet cult film, watched by cosmonauts before launch. This doc reveals the human cost of that mythology.
The 20-minute runtime was essentially propaganda to prove Soviet cinema could match Hollywood spectacle — while hiding that they were literally setting people on fire to do it.
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