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The Ascent

1977 · 110 min · Drama · War

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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Creators

Larisa Shepitko — Director

Top cast

Boris Plotnikov portraitBoris PlotnikovSotnikovVladimir Gostyukhin portraitVladimir GostyukhinRybakAnatoliy Solonitsyn portraitAnatoliy SolonitsynPortnov, Collaborationist InterrogatorLyudmila Polyakova portraitLyudmila PolyakovaAvginya Demchikha, the MotherViktoriya Goldentul portraitViktoriya GoldentulBasya Meyer, the GirlSergei Yakovlev portraitSergei YakovlevPetr Sych, Village ElderMariya Vinogradova portraitMariya VinogradovaVillage Elder's WifeMykola Sektymenko portraitMykola SektymenkoStas Gomenyuk, Collaborationist PolicemanLeonid Yukhin portraitLeonid YukhinPartisan CommanderAAleksandr ZvenigorskiyGerman Officer

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