Sluzha Otechestvu (1980)

Set in the 1830s, the film dramatizes the first Russian diplomatic contacts with Afghanistan. Officer Alexei Nalymov, demoted to private for ties to the Decembrists, regains his rank and is chosen for secret talks with Emir Dost Mohammad Khan. The hero's prototype is the diplomat Jan Vitkevich. It was directed by Latif Fayziev from a script by Artur Makarov and produced at Uzbekfilm.