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The Ascent (1977)
111 min | Drama, War

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The Ascent (1977)

111 min | Drama, War

Two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.

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Director

Larisa Shepitko

Writers

Vasiliy Bykov (novel "Sotnikov") | Yuri Klepikov (screenplay) | Larisa Shepitko (screenplay)

Composer

Alfred Schnittke (as A. Shnitke)

Cinematographers

Vladimir Chukhnov | Pavel Lebeshev

Editor

Valeriya Belova (as V. Belova)

Production Designer

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Updated Apr 2, 1977

Release date

Oct 1977 (United States)

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Cast	+ Add Cast
15 cast members

Name	Known for
Boris Plotnikov Boris Sotnikov Boris Sotnikov See fewer	Heart of a Dog (1988)
Vladimir Gostyukhin Nikolay Rybak Nikolay Rybak See fewer	Ameriken boy (1992)
Sergey Yakovlev Pyotr Sych - Village elder Pyotr Sych - Village elder See fewer	Ekipazh (1980)
Lyudmila Polyakova Avginya Demchikha Avginya Demchikha See fewer	Tri dnya vne zakona (1992)
Viktoriya Goldentul Basya Basya See fewer	The Ascent (1977)
Anatoliy Solonitsyn Pavel Portnov - the Nazi interrogator Pavel Portnov - the Nazi interrogator See fewer	Stalker (1979)
Mariya Vinogradova Village elder's wife Village elder's wife See fewer	Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
Nikolai Sektimenko Stas' Gamanyuk Stas' Gamanyuk See fewer	Zozulya s diplomom (1972)
Anatoli Chebotaryov German officer with glasses German officer with glasses See fewer	Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
Sergei Kanishchev Boy wearing Budyonovka (as Serezha Kanishchev) Boy wearing Budyonovka (as Serezha Kanishchev) See fewer	Na svoey zemle (1987)
Vasili Kravtsov German officer German officer See fewer	Zerograd (1988)
Mikhail Selyutin Fascist collaborator Fascist collaborator See fewer	Groza nad Rusyu (1992)
V. Sokolov Politzai Politzai See fewer	Twelve Chairs (1977)
Leonid Yukhin Partisan detachment commander Partisan detachment commander See fewer	Sindikat-2 (1981)
Aleksandr Zvenigorsky German officer German officer See fewer	Little Tragedies (1980)

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