a stunningly harrow account of two soldier plight in wwii . set against a freezing backdrop of and not only the fight against the nazi and traitor in belorussia and but the harsh natural element and this film tell a tale of two soldier of polarized moral and one who survive and but find it somewhat impossible to deal with his own circumstance and and one who die and have do all that can be do in the face of intimidation and everything possible to break one spirit and in fact and the ascendant of the title . a film that should be see by all and particularly for the phenomenal performance of the main character and and shudder set piece ( the incarceration and hang scene and in particular . an absolute must see .