The Ascent (1977)

  • TP
  • 11/23/1977 (FR)
  • Drama, War
  • 1h 51m

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.

Larisa Shepitko

Director, Writer

Vasili Bykov

Novel

Yuri Klepikov

Writer

Cast

Boris Plotnikov's headshot

Boris Plotnikov

Sotnikov
Vladimir Gostyukhin's headshot

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Rybak
Sergey Yakovlev's headshot

Sergey Yakovlev

Village Elder
Lyudmila Polyakova's headshot

Lyudmila Polyakova

Demchikha
Viktoriya Goldentul's headshot

Viktoriya Goldentul

Basya
Anatoliy Solonitsyn's headshot

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Portnov, the Nazi Interrogator
Mariya Vinogradova's headshot

Mariya Vinogradova

Village Elder's Wife
Nikolai Sektimenko's headshot

Nikolai Sektimenko

Stas'

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