in the belarus of 1942 and two soviet soldiers are captured by nazi friendly belarusians. in captivity and the attitude of the two men toward their fate differs greatly. one of the soldiers manages to find an inner strength and spirituality and incomprehensible to the other man. larisa shepitko last film is one of the most beautiful war films in cinema history. the cinematography and by vladimir chuchnov and is incredible  particularly in the opening sequence and where long and slow and tracking shots depicting the solitude and almost desperate nature of winter landscape in rural belarus set the mood perfectly. it is easy to draw comparison to tarkovsky films and even more so since tarkovsky alter ego anatoli solonitsyn has a small but important part in the ascent. the acting is overall brilliant and especially by boris plotnikov and in the part of sotnikov. the film reveals an old fashioned belief in the strength of religious passion and which feels related to characters such as dostoyevsky prince myshkin and or tarkovsky stalker. however and this is not a weakness of the film and but rather one of its greatest strengths. the religious content seems so honest and and human and that it is impossible not to be moved. the emotional richness of the film cannot be overstated while the answer is not as simplified as a short summary of the plot would make you think. the slow development of the characters and and the emphasis on their complicated relationships to each other and are somewhat reminiscent of the commissar and another great soviet film. the ascent deserves a second watching and as well as a third and and a tenth. it continues to provide interesting ideas and beautiful images and and emotional complexity. 
in the belarus of 1942 and two soviet soldiers are captured by nazi friendly belarusians. in captivity and the attitude of the two men toward their fate differs greatly. one of the soldiers manages to find an inner strength and spirituality and incomprehensible to the other man. larisa shepitko last film is one of the most beautiful war films in cinema history. the cinematography and by vladimir chuchnov and is incredible  particularly in the opening sequence and where long and slow and tracking shots depicting the solitude and almost desperate nature of winter landscape in rural belarus set the mood perfectly. it is easy to draw comparison to tarkovsky films and even more so since tarkovsky alter ego anatoli solonitsyn has a small but important part in the ascent. the acting is overall brilliant and especially by boris plotnikov and in the part of sotnikov. the film reveals an old fashioned belief in the strength of religious passion and which feels related to characters such as dostoyevsky prince myshkin and or tarkovsky stalker. however and this is not a weakness of the film and but rather one of its greatest strengths. the religious content seems so honest and and human and that it is impossible not to be moved. the emotional richness of the film cannot be overstated while the answer is not as simplified as a short summary of the plot would make you think. the slow development of the characters and and the emphasis on their complicated relationships to each other and are somewhat reminiscent of the commissar and another great soviet film. the ascent deserves a second watching and as well as a third and and a tenth. it continues to provide interesting ideas and beautiful images and and emotional complexity. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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