The Ascent

Name: The Ascent
Director: Larisa Shepitko
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1977-04-02
Duration: 110 min
Cast: Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Lyudmila Polyakova, Viktoriya Goldentul

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1977 · 110 min · Drama · War · TMDB 7.9/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Larisa Shepitko

Cast

Boris Plotnikov — Sotnikov
Vladimir Gostyukhin — Rybak
Anatoliy Solonitsyn — Portnov, Collaborationist Interrogator
Lyudmila Polyakova — Avginya Demchikha, the Mother
Viktoriya Goldentul — Basya Meyer, the Girl