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The Ascent

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The Ascent — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • April 2, 1977
  • Runtime
  • 110 min
  • Genres
  • Drama, War
  • Director
  • Larisa Shepitko

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The Ascent — Cast

Boris Plotnikov photo Boris Plotnikov Sotnikov Vladimir Gostyukhin photo Vladimir Gostyukhin Rybak Anatoliy Solonitsyn photo Anatoliy Solonitsyn Portnov, Collaborationist Interrogator Lyudmila Polyakova photo Lyudmila Polyakova Avginya Demchikha, the Mother Viktoriya Goldentul photo Viktoriya Goldentul Basya Meyer, the Girl Sergei Yakovlev photo Sergei Yakovlev Petr Sych, Village Elder Mariya Vinogradova photo Mariya Vinogradova Village Elder's Wife Mykola Sektymenko photo Mykola Sektymenko Stas Gomenyuk, Collaborationist Policeman

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