tape.
We can listen until nightfall.
Why?
That's when we have
to give the tape back.
It's not allowed on night-watch.
Look, lightning.
The clouds have been
drifting across all day.
You...
You don't even look at me
You won't remember me
You don't even look
In my dlrectlon
You don't even look at me
You don't even know I love you
We need a guitar.
I didn't find any in Kulyab.
Why should they have them?
37,000 roubles isn't much
for a Zenith Reflex.
- Do you think it's expensive?
- Yes, a bit.
The other guy's got a Zenith,
that's why he wants one.
Did you leave the axe?
That axe over there?
- I put it there.
- Did you take it?
No, it was hot.
He says
we've mucked up the tape.
Sanya, here's a mission for you:
You can repair
the tape-recorder sockets.
I need another battery.
Why? This one is OK.
We're already carrying
five magazines each.
Look, it's working again!
Today is a strange,
uneasy day.
Our surroundings
blend into the dust.
This wind is called the Afghani.
It makes one feel Ionely
and troubled.
It looks a bit like rain.
No. I don't put any faith
in those clouds.
No, it's not going to rain.
This is Asia.
Everything is complicated.
Sanya!
Send the men over for their dinner.
He can't hear.
Chow-time!
Eat, eat!
Dinner!
Switch on the radio!
Use the radio.
Use our channel.
Send your men over for their dinner!
He's got it at last.
It's going to rain.
Look at those clouds.
They are coming
from two directions.
We're going back
to the frontier post,
but I still can't forget
those flashes.
Another note in my diary:
"I feel safe.
I am not afraid
"to follow these men
along the path.
"They seem to treat me
as one of themselves.
"But perhaps I'm wrong
"to think that they see me
as one of them."
The day is over.
The base is less
than a kilometre away.
- There's no more water here.
- There should be some over there.
Go and wash them.
Is the spoon clean?
Do you want tea in it?
Tea at breakfast, tea at lunch,
and lots of tea at dinner.
Everybody happy?
Happy birthday!
- How old are you?
- 22!
Cigarettes.
Lighter.
Wine, please.
People will think
it really is wine.
It's OK, we're eating rice.
- What are you eating?
- Water.
Have you finished?
Vovchik, Vovchik!
Come and eat.
Tea?
Is it stewed?
It's pretty rough.
Call the others
while it's still hot!
The day is over.
No fighting today.
Thank God.
Left, right...
An alarm went off in the bushes.
So they really were there.
Call them for dinner,
or it'll be cold.
I arrived at Guchkom
in April.
When I first came, the grass
was still short.
When I left,
it was ready for haymaking.
I'll never forget that day
The day when I became a soldler
Aim quicker!
The second mortar, fire!
Hurry up!
Hurry up, the second mortar!
Go on, go on!
Go on, aim!
You must aim quickly!
Well, I'll be off now,
back to my position.
- Good night.
- Thanks.
Subtitles: Alexei Jankowsky
Subtitling by TVS - TITRA FILMAll day long,
the sun has kept coming out,
only to disappear again
behind pale clouds.
A sultry day,
devoid of colour.
Go on, go on!
Go on!
Go on.
Easy does it!
Stop!
Shut the door!
- Are the tracks broken?
- They've got stones in them.
OK, got it.
OK. Chuck it over there.
Don't forget to scrape it.
Anyway,
we'll go for a bathe afterwards.
Where are we going to swim?
In the Seine?
There's a river.
How about on the other side
of the Panjsher?
Oh yeah,
and let's walk to France!
- Sanya!
- That's enough digging.
Once more.
Chuck it over there.
It'll roll down.
Is that me?
Go and wash.
And can I get myself
shaved double-quick, too?
The captain told me to
just this morning.
The captain?
He says that to everyone.
There weren't any razors.
I haven't shaved because
I haven't had the chance.
Misha!
Got a cigarette?
I wish I was back on my kolkhoz.
You don't need to dig there,
do you?
Not so deep, anyway.
What, go and leave everyone
in the lurch?