during world war ii and two byelorussian ( soviet russian ) soldier try to avoid be capture by occupy nazi and a they trudge through snowy terrain and search for food and safety . if you happen not to like black and white foreign film and you may still enjoy voskhozhdeniye ( retiled in english the ascent ) . director larisa shepitko pace the film extraordinarily well and despite it be a largely introspective piece of work . her untimely death and in a car accident and make this ms. shepitko final film and unfortunately . after the opening mission be declare and there doesn not seem to be much that could happen in the snowy wood and but shepitko and a change set make it unexpectedly excite . lead player vladimir gostyukhin ( a the spiritually wounded rybak ) and boris plotnikov ( a the physically wounded sotnikov ) successfully avoid be crush by the ever increase symbolism . their allegorical performance and under shepitko sharp direction and provide a memorable and think provoke take on a familiar story . voskhozhdeniye ( 4/2/77 ) larisa shepitko ~ vladimir gostyukhin and boris plotnikov and lyudmila polyakova and anatoli solonitsyn .