In the Fog
‘In the Fog,’ which seems to me a masterpiece, is about occupation and the destruction of an understanding of one's own history.
In the Fog
It is 1942 and the western edge of the USSR is under German occupation. In the region, local partisans are waging a brutal battle against their foreign enemies. Sushenya, an innocent rail worker, is arrested with a band of saboteurs when a train is derailed not far from his village. The German officer decides to set him free rather than hang him with the others, but rumors of Sushenya's treason spread quickly and partisans Burov and Voitik seek revenge. Captured by the partisans, Sushenya is led through the forest where they are ambushed. Soon he finds himself one-on-one with his wounded enemy, forced to make a moral choice under immoral circumstances.
Genre
Drama,
War,
History
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Runtime
128
Language
Russian
Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Cast
Vladimir Svirskiy,
Vladislav Abashin,
Sergei Kolesov
Awards:
Winner, Grand Prize Critics Week ~ Fipresci Award, Cannes Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Not long into the haunting, haunted, beautifully shot “In the Fog,” a film about fate and free will, a wrongly accused man meets his executioners. The condemned, Sushenya, insists that he’s innocent, but fails to convince his would-be exterminators, Burov and Voitik. It’s World War II, and the men ...
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