LARIS SHEPITKO | SOVIET UNION | 1977 | 109 MIN | NR | RUSSIAN, GERMAN
Celebrated Ukranian director Larisa Shepitko (and partner of COME AND SEE’s Elim Klimov) creates an unflinching, ice cold portrayal of two peasant soldiers’ journey across the desolate snowy landscape of Belarus and their encounters with fearful villagers during World War II.
Cast: Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergei Yakovlev, Lyudmila Polyakova
Part of the Philadelphia Film Society's FILM ESSENTIALS series.
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