The film, the leader of the rental, became one of the most famous in the history of Soviet cinema, having gained such wide popularity that sometimes the epithet "cult" is applied to it, and the phrases of the characters steadily entered the spoken Russian language and became winged. The painting was awarded the highest award - the State Prize. The Red Army soldier Sukhov is wandering through the desert, even though the civil war is over, but the way home is still long. Many adventures await him along the way. And it all starts with Said buried in the sand, who was left there to perish by the local bandit Javdet. Then there will be a harem and basmachi, and shooting, and explosions, and a repentant customs chief. The indomitable comrade Sukhov will overcome everything and explain to everyone where he is wrong. There will be something to write to the kind Katerina Matveevna... Actors: Kakhi Kavsadze, Yakov Lenz, Nikolai Godovikov, Tatyana Tkach, Raisa Kurkina, Pavel Luspekaev, Spartak Mishulin, Anatoly Kuznetsov