 The film crew was awarded the USSR State Prize for it in 1988.Same happened to "My Friend Ivan Lapshin" which was shelved for three years and then awarded the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR.In 1974 Nikita Mikhalkov made his directorial debut with "At Home Among Strangers", a Red Western about a group of friends – former Red Army soldiers, now Chekists – who investigated a train robbery, resulting in a heist reminiscent of the "Great Train Robbery".