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Film · 1977

The Ascent

Directed by Larisa ShepitkoBoris PlotnikovVladimir GostyukhinAnatoliy Solonitsyn
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2 Apr 1977Released
1h 50mRunning time
7.9TMDB score of 10
DramaGenre

The story

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.

Cast

Boris Plotnikov

Boris Plotnikov

Sotnikov
Vladimir Gostyukhin

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Rybak
Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Portnov, Collaborationist Interrogator
Lyudmila Polyakova

Lyudmila Polyakova

Avginya Demchikha, the Mother
Viktoriya Goldentul

Viktoriya Goldentul

Basya Meyer, the Girl
Sergei Yakovlev

Sergei Yakovlev

Petr Sych, Village Elder
Mariya Vinogradova

Mariya Vinogradova

Village Elder's Wife
Mykola Sektymenko

Mykola Sektymenko

Stas Gomenyuk, Collaborationist Policeman
Leonid Yukhin

Leonid Yukhin

Partisan Commander

Aleksandr Zvenigorskiy

German Officer
Vladimir Rudyy

Vladimir Rudyy

German Officer with Black Glasses

Anatoli Chebotaryov

German Officer with Glasses
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