Set in the early 1920s after the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Nikita returns to his hometown to see his partner Lyuba, both of whom are scarred by the trauma of the Russian Empire of yesteryear.
| Directing | Aleksandr Sokurov | Director |
| Writing | Andrei Platonov | Novel |
| Writing | Yuriy Arabov | Screenplay |
| Editing | Leda Semyonova | Editor |
| Art | Vladimir Lebedev | Production Design |
| Art | Lyutsya Lochmele | Production Design |
| Sound | Krzysztof Penderecki | Music |
| Sound | Otmar Nussio | Music |
| Sound | Alexandr Burdov | Music |
| Sound | Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Conductor |
| Sound | Irina Zhuravlyova | Sound |
| Camera | Sergey Yurizditskiy | Director of Photography |
