

The Ascent
1977-04-02 · 110 min · ★ 7.9
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.
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- Directors
- Larisa Shepitko
- Production companies
- Mosfilm
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Boris PlotnikovSotnikov
Vladimir GostyukhinRybak
Anatoliy SolonitsynPortnov, Collaborationist Interrogator
Lyudmila PolyakovaAvginya Demchikha, the Mother
Viktoriya GoldentulBasya Meyer, the Girl
Sergei YakovlevPetr Sych, Village Elder
Mariya VinogradovaVillage Elder's Wife
Mykola SektymenkoStas Gomenyuk, Collaborationist Policeman
Leonid YukhinPartisan Commander
Vladimir RudyyGerman Officer with Black Glasses
Vasili KravtsovGerman Officer
Vladimir TkalichGerman Officer
Aleksandr PyatkovGerman Soldier, Executioner
Sergey YurtaykinCart Driver
Igor BezyaevSoviet Partisan
Stanislav BorodokinSoviet Partisan
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