The Ascent
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The Ascent

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7.8(234 votes)
1977
1h 51m
DramaWar
based on novel or bookwinterworld war iisoviet unionsnowtorturebullet woundpartisanhanged mandeath

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.

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Cast

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

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

Directed by

Larisa Shepitko

Larisa Shepitko

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