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The Ascent

The Ascent
★ 7.9/10•1977•1h 50m•14•Drama•War

During a freezing WWII winter, two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the temperature, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.

Larisa Shepitko · Writer

Larisa Shepitko · Director

Yuri Klepikov · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 50m
LanguageRU
Release DateApr 2, 1977

Actors

Boris Plotnikov

Boris Plotnikov

Sotnikov

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Rybak

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Portnov, Collaborationist Interrogator

Lyudmila Polyakova

Lyudmila Polyakova

Avginya Demchikha, the Mother

Viktoriya Goldentul

Viktoriya Goldentul

Basya Meyer, the Girl

Sergei Yakovlev

Sergei Yakovlev

Petr Sych, Village Elder

Mariya Vinogradova

Mariya Vinogradova

Village Elder's Wife

Mykola Sektymenko

Mykola Sektymenko

Stas Gomenyuk, Collaborationist Policeman

Leonid Yukhin

Leonid Yukhin

Partisan Commander

Aleksandr Zvenigorskiy

German Officer

Vladimir Rudyy

Vladimir Rudyy

German Officer with Black Glasses

Anatoli Chebotaryov

German Officer with Glasses

Vasili Kravtsov

Vasili Kravtsov

German Officer

Vladimir Tkalich

Vladimir Tkalich

German Officer

Aleksandr Pyatkov

Aleksandr Pyatkov

German Soldier, Executioner

Sergey Yurtaykin

Sergey Yurtaykin

Cart Driver

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