The Ascent

The Ascent

111 mins | Drama, War | April 2, 1977

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.

The Ascent

111 mins | Drama, War | April 2, 1977

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.
IMDb rating 8.2
Producers Mosfilm, Trete Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie
Original title Восхождение
Directors Larisa Shepitko
Writers Yuri Klepikov, Vasili Bykov, Larisa Shepitko

Cast

Boris Plotnikov

as Sotnikov

Sergey Yakovlev

as Village Elder

Lyudmila Polyakova

as Demchikha

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

as Portnov, the Nazi Interrogator

Mariya Vinogradova

as Village Elder's Wife

Sergei Kanishchev

as Boy wearing Budenovka (as Serezha Kanishchev)

Vladimir Rudyy

as nemetskiy ofitser v chornykh ochkakh