'' You and Me '' ( 1971 ) , '' Ty i ya '' Shepitko 's third film was '' You and Me '' ( 1971 ) , which follows the lives of two male surgeons struggling with different notions of fulfillment . It 's both a character study and a critique of consumerism . This was her second and last film in color . It was favorably received at the Venice Film Festival , but lacked proper public exposure in the Soviet Union . '' The Ascent '' ( 1977 ) , '' Voskhozhdenie '' '' The Ascent '' ( 1977 ) was her last completed film and the one which garnered the most attention in the West . The actors Boris Plotnikov and Vladimir Gostyukhin received their first major roles in the film . Adapted from a novel by Vasili Bykov novel , Sotnikov Shepitko returns to the sufferings of World War II , chronicling the trials and tribulations of a group of pro-Soviet partisans in Belarus in the bleak winter of 1942 . Two of the partisans , Sotnikov and Rybak , are captured by the Wehrmacht and then interrogated by a local collaborator , played by Anatoly Solonitsyn , before four of them are executed in public . This depiction of the martyrdom of the Soviets owes much to Christian iconography . There was little controversy this time around , as her narrative was very in line with nationalist pride . '' The Ascent '' won the Golden Bear at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival in 1977
27th Berlin International Film Festival
27th Berlin International Film Festival
Larisa Shepitko