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        The Ascent
        7.9
        (202 votes)

        The Ascent

        1977
        Drama
        War
        1 hr 51 min

        Overview

        Two Soviet partisans leave their starving band to get supplies from a nearby farm. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.

        Creators

        Director, Writer
        Larisa Shepitko
        Novel
        Vasili Bykov
        Writer
        Yuri Klepikov
        The Ascent

        Cast

        Full Cast
        Boris Plotnikov
        Boris Plotnikov
        Sotnikov
        Vladimir Gostyukhin
        Vladimir Gostyukhin
        Rybak
        Sergey Yakovlev
        Sergey Yakovlev
        Village Elder
        Lyudmila Polyakova
        Lyudmila Polyakova
        Demchikha
        Viktoriya Goldentul
        Viktoriya Goldentul
        Basya
        Anatoliy Solonitsyn
        Anatoliy Solonitsyn
        Portnov, the Nazi Interrogator
        Mariya Vinogradova
        Mariya Vinogradova
        Village Elder's Wife
        Nikolai Sektimenko
        Nikolai Sektimenko
        Stas'
        Sergei Kanishchev
        Boy wearing Budenovka (as Serezha Kanishchev)
        Vladimir Rudyy
        Vladimir Rudyy
        nemetskiy ofitser v chornykh ochkakh
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        Movie Details

        Status
        Released (02/04/1977)
        Original language
        Russian
        Original title
        Восхождение
        Country
        Production companies
        🎖World War II
        Soviet union
        🌨️Snow
        Partisan
        👩‍⚖️Woman director
        Integrity
        1940s