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Feature film — 1977

The Ascent (1977)

7.91h 50mDrama — 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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Director: Larisa Shepitko

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Cast & crew

Boris Plotnikov as Sotnikov

Boris Plotnikov

Sotnikov

Vladimir Gostyukhin as Rybak

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Rybak

Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Portnov, Collaborationist Interrogator

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Portnov, Collaborationist Interrogator

Lyudmila Polyakova as Avginya Demchikha, the Mother

Lyudmila Polyakova

Avginya Demchikha, the Mother

Viktoriya Goldentul as Basya Meyer, the Girl

Viktoriya Goldentul

Basya Meyer, the Girl

Sergei Yakovlev as Petr Sych, Village Elder

Sergei Yakovlev

Petr Sych, Village Elder

Mariya Vinogradova as Village Elder's Wife

Mariya Vinogradova

Village Elder's Wife

Mykola Sektymenko as Stas Gomenyuk, Collaborationist Policeman

Mykola Sektymenko

Stas Gomenyuk, Collaborationist Policeman

Leonid Yukhin as Partisan Commander

Leonid Yukhin

Partisan Commander

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Aleksandr Zvenigorskiy

German Officer

Vladimir Rudyy as German Officer with Black Glasses

Vladimir Rudyy

German Officer with Black Glasses

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Anatoli Chebotaryov

German Officer with Glasses

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