In 1994, Alexander Sokurov accompanied Russian troops assigned to a frontier military post at the Tajikistan/Afghanistan border to film their experiences. While unnamed tribal forces occasionally engaged the troops in skirmishes, Sokurov’s haunting documentary chronicles the downtime between activity.
| Writing | Aleksandr Sokurov | Writer |
| Directing | Aleksandr Sokurov | Director |
| Camera | Alexey Fedorov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Aleksandr Burov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Toru Takemitsu | Music |
| Sound | Sergey Moshkov | Sound Director |