A 1990 Soviet crime thriller directed by Mikhail Avetikov and made at Mosfilm. Gusev, an engineer from a Moscow research institute, goes on a business trip and, after drinking on the train, is drawn into a chain of unexpected events: forced labor in steppe salt mines, a stay with a German colonist, arrest and clashes with the criminal underworld. Seydulla Moldakhanov plays Khamid, a warrior.
