White Sun of the Desert (1970)

Anatoliy Kuznetsov: Fyodor Sukhov

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Quotes 

• Sukhov : The Orient is a delicate matter...

• [Abdulla shoots a full clip from his Mauser into the wall of the steel crude-oil gasholder where Sukhov is hiding inside along with surviving Abdulla'a wives; none of the bullets can pierce the thick wall] 

  Sukhov : Abdulla, save your ammo! Otherwise nothing might have been left to shoot yourself with!

• Vereschagin : [from the distance]  Long time no see, Abdulla!

  Abdulla : Long time...

  Vereschagin : Still on the road? Still shooting?

  Abdulla : Grown old, turned lazy. But remember me as I used to be?

  Vereschagin : Yeah, there've been times...

  [nodds toward a huge crude-oil gasholder which surface the bandits are covering with oil carried in buckets] 

  Vereschagin : But what is that your men wanna do, not to set something on fire?

  Abdulla : Well, some dude got in and ain't wanna leave.

  Vereschagin : [approaches closely to the side of the gasholder and talks through the wall to Sukhov who is hiding inside with surviving Abdulla's wives]  Feodor, is Petrukha inside with you?

  Sukhov : [from inside, plainly]  Petrukha's been killed, Pavel Artem'ich... Stabbed by Abdulla.

  Abdulla : [to Pavel Vereschagin who wanders away grief-laden]  Off you go, off you go! A good house, a good wife - what else does man need to enter old age?

• Sukhov : [after Sayid saved Sukhov in shooting with bandits]  Sayid, how on earth did you get here?

  Sayid : [modestly]  Heard shooting...

• A bandit : [while Sukhov took a swim in the sea, two bandits stole his weapons and now they are trying to take him prisoner]  Well, do you want to be finished outright, or would you like to be tortured?

  Sukhov : [unperturbed]  I'd rather be tortured.