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The Ascent

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.

1h 50m1977TMDb 7.9

DramaWar

Russian

Crew and Cast

Larisa ShepitkoLarisa ShepitkoDirectorBoris PlotnikovBoris PlotnikovSotnikovVladimir GostyukhinVladimir GostyukhinRybakAnatoliy SolonitsynAnatoliy SolonitsynPortnov · Collaborationist InterrogatorLyudmila PolyakovaLyudmila PolyakovaAvginya Demchikha · the MotherViktoriya GoldentulViktoriya GoldentulBasya Meyer · the GirlSergei YakovlevSergei YakovlevPetr Sych · Village ElderMariya VinogradovaMariya VinogradovaVillage Elder's WifeMykola SektymenkoMykola SektymenkoStas Gomenyuk · Collaborationist PolicemanLeonid YukhinLeonid YukhinPartisan Commander
Aleksandr ZvenigorskiyGerman OfficerVladimir RudyyVladimir RudyyGerman Officer with Black Glasses
Anatoli ChebotaryovGerman Officer with GlassesVasili KravtsovVasili KravtsovGerman OfficerVladimir TkalichVladimir TkalichGerman OfficerAleksandr PyatkovAleksandr PyatkovGerman Soldier · ExecutionerSergey YurtaykinSergey YurtaykinCart DriverIgor BezyaevIgor BezyaevSoviet PartisanStanislav BorodokinStanislav BorodokinSoviet PartisanStanislav ZhitaryovStanislav ZhitaryovSoviet Partisan
Vadim GusevSoviet PartisanAleksandra KharitonovaAleksandra KharitonovaSoviet Partisan with a Child
Gennadi NenashevMatyushenko · Soviet PartisanGalina BulkinaGalina BulkinaPeasant WomanMikhail SelyutinMikhail SelyutinCollaborator
V. SokolovCollaborationist Policeman
Sergei KanishchevBoy Wearing a Budenovka
Dima BuranovChild
Svetlana KulkovaChild
Marina PchelintsevaChild
Vladimir Sukhorebry

Storyline

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.

  • Mosfilm

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Info

Original title
Восхождение
Status
Released
Released
2 April 1977
Runtime
1h 50m
TMDB score
7.9 / 10 (262 votes)

Production

Director
Larisa Shepitko
Writers
Vasili Bykov, Yuri Klepikov, Larisa Shepitko
Studios
Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union

Languages

Original
Russian
Spoken
German, Russian