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The Ascent (1977)

Poster for The Ascent

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Larisa Shepitko
  • Profile picture of Boris Plotnikov
    Борис Андреевич Сотников (озв. Александр Демьяненко) Boris Plotnikov
  • Profile picture of Vladimir Gostyukhin
    Коля Рыбак Vladimir Gostyukhin
  • Profile picture of Sergey Yakovlev
    Пётр Сыч, староста Sergey Yakovlev
  • Profile picture of Lyudmila Polyakova
    Авгинья Демчиха Lyudmila Polyakova
  • Profile picture of Viktoriya Goldentul
    Бася Viktoriya Goldentul
  • Profile picture of Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    Павел Гаврилович Портнов, следователь у фашистов Anatoliy Solonitsyn
  • Profile picture of Mariya Vinogradova
    старостиха Mariya Vinogradova
  • Profile picture of Nikolai Sektimenko
    Стась Гоменюк, полицай Nikolai Sektimenko

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Keywords

  • world war ii
  • soviet union
  • snow
  • partisan
  • criterion
  • woman director
  • integrity
  • 1940s
  • tragic