In the Fog (V tumane / Im Nebel) (В тумане)

Halt! Where are you going?

Go on! Move along!

No!

Belorussians!

Each of you has a mission

to assist in the reconstruction of your region.

You must be aware

that this cannot be accomplished without support from the Germans.

Any resistance to German orders

will be considered sabotage,

in the same way as incitement to riot.

There are still individuals

who do not understand the path to follow.

These partisans

who attacked the German Wehrmacht

shall be justly punished.

Look at what happens to enemies of the German Reich.

Do not support the partisans.

Their situation is hopeless.

All those who rally with the partisans

will meet the same fate.

Now is the time for grand solutions.

Take an active part

in the reconstruction of the Belorussian state

for the Belorussian people.

Hang them!

lN THE FOG

from the novel by Vassil BYKOV

Come on!

Damn!

Don't just stay there!

Move on. lt's not very deep.

The last thing l need!

What a pain!

See it?

Over there.

l see it.

We'll wait.

We'll go at nightfall.

You think he expects us?

Probably not.

Maybe he ran off already.

To join the German police.

Wait here.

Anything wrong,

l'll shoot.

Don't be long.

l won't be. Not long.

Nice little paws...

We need to give her eyes, then some ears.

Pointed ears, like a fox.

What do we call her?

Belka.

We'll make her little ears very pointy.

Hello.

Look at the horse that my daddy made.

lt's a nice horse.

He also made me this doggy with a tail.

With a tail?

That's nice. What's your name?

Grisha. My father is Sushenya.

So you're Grigorij Sushenya.

How's life?

Sit down, don't stand.

l didn't recognize you.

You've changed.

You seem different, too.

My friend plays with a bullet.

Really?

That's not for children to play with.

lt's not a real cartridge, only the casing.

The casing...

l've really come for you, Sushenya.

Where's your wife?

Milking the cow.

l heated up bathwater.

We were going to wash up.

To wash...

That's nice.

l knew you would come.

You did?

That's good.

You recognize your guilt.

There's nothing to recognize.

l am guilty of nothing.

That's the thing.

Nothing?

Nothing.

And those men?

The ones that were hanged?

They were hanged.

Hello.

Hello...

Anelya.

Well...

l'll prepare some food.

You must be hungry.

There's no time, Anelya.

Do you have cloth wraps for my feet?

Mine need replacing.

Your mother, is she still alive?

She died.

Six months ago.

And your sister Nyura?

She's dead, too.

Killed last spring in Lisichansky forest.

Let's have a drink.

No.

l don't want to.

What a pity.

l will.

May l?

Go on.

But make it quick.

This is not what people do.

And it's just not true.

lt's not true!

What's not true?

We didn't wish this. We didn't want it!

l was so afraid when they arrested him.

l couldn't sleep. l cried my eyes out.

Then they released him.

And what were we to do then?

He didn't ask for any of this!

He didn't do anything wrong to them. He tried to protect them!

But they were hanged.

And he was freed.

Why?

Who knows why!

No.

There's a reason.

Go on, Anelya.

There's nothing to discuss.

lt's fate.

Come on, let's go.

Where are you taking him?

l must go. Not for long.

Don't cry. Calm down.

We have...

something to take care of.

- He'll be back soon. - That's right.

Fine but it's still...

Why not take something with you?

At least take some lard.

You need something to eat.

Don't leave without food.

- Let me give you an onion. - No, it's okay.

You like onion with lard.

Go ahead and take it, if you like it.

Fine, give me one.

Everything tastes better with onion.

Especially lard.

lt will be good with a drink.

ln case l'm late, wash up without me.

Which way?

Over there.

Should l take a shovel?

Yes.

Go on.

You know what happens.

lf you betray...

l betrayed no one!

- Then who did it? - l don't know.

You were freed, right?

Yes, those bastards.

l wish they would have hanged me.

Move along!

How could you, brothers?

This river floods in springtime.

lt's like a swamp.

What were you expecting? Sand?

Well, not this.

Sand would be better.

You might face this someday, too.

Sand?

Fine.

Let's move on.

There's sand amongst the pines.

There's higher ground up ahead.

Go on, move!

Stop.

So?

As good a place as any, right? For any occasion.

Occasion?

lf you had told me...

Anything can happen in this kind of war.

- This is savagery! - Shut up !

Voitik, stand guard over there while we take care of this.

Go.

lt would be better not to tell Anelya about this.

About what?

That you shot me.

Tell her the Germans killed me.

Of course, later,

she'll find out.

Keep digging.

We'll see.

Maybe that's enough.

lt will take too long to fill it back up.

Do it, as a favor to me.