Movie
The Ascent
19771h 50m7.9 / 10
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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Checked Sep 2, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Ascent
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 policemanCredits
- Directed by
- Larisa Shepitko
- Written by
- Larisa Shepitko, Yuri Klepikov, Vasili Bykov
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Russian
- Original title
- Восхождение
Production
MosfilmRussia
Themes
1940sbased on novel or bookbelarusbullet woundcapturedchrist figurechristian allegorycollaborator
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