Once In The Desert
2022, Russian. Directed by Andrei Kravchuk.
The films follows a Syrian War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by ISIS militants while they prepare the recently liberated historic site of Palmyra to hold a symbolic concert of the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra. The peacekeeping event can only be held in Palmyra that has been severely damaged by the terrorists only if the ancient city and the roads leading to it are defused. The EOD team clears the way one kilometer at a time. But the closer they get to the center of Palmyra, the more destructive the explosives. Tension grows between the young team Captain and the most experienced of the EOD experts. And yet, despite their differences, when the team falls into an ambush and the Captain goes missing, it’s the experienced sapper that sets out to search for him.
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Once In The Desert is streaming on Amazon Prime Video in India.
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- Released
- 17 February 2022
- Original title
- Однажды в пустыне
- Country
- Russia
- Written by
- Arif Aliev
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Once In The Desert runs 121 minutes (2h 1m).
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Once In The Desert is streaming on Amazon Prime Video in India. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked Once In The Desert, try Infiltration, The One That Got Away, Mission «Sky».
Who directed Once In The Desert?
Once In The Desert (2022) was directed by Andrei Kravchuk and stars Aleksandr Robak, Pavel Chinaryov, Aleksandr Metelkin.