The Ascent
79 %|Apr 2, 1977|Drama, War
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.
Featured Crew
Larisa Shepitko
Director
Vasili Bykov
Novel
Yuri Klepikov
Writer
Larisa Shepitko
Writer
Alfred Schnittke
Original Music Composer
Valeriya Belova
Editor
Pavel Lebeshev
Director of Photography
Vladimir Chukhnov
Director of Photography
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Cast
Boris Plotnikov
Sotnikov
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Rybak
Sergey Yakovlev
Village Elder
Lyudmila Polyakova
Demchikha
Viktoriya Goldentul
Basya
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Portnov, the Nazi Interrogator
Mariya Vinogradova
Village Elder's Wife
Nikolai Sektimenko
Stas'
Sergei Kanishchev
Boy wearing Budenovka (as Serezha Kanishchev)
Vladimir Rudyy
nemetskiy ofitser v chornykh ochkakh
