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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
14 cast members

Name	Known for
Boris Plotnikov Sotnikov Sotnikov See fewer	Heart of a Dog (1988)
Vladimir Gostyukhin Rybak Rybak See fewer	Smirennoe kladbishche (1989)
Sergey Yakovlev Village elder Village elder See fewer	Ekipazh (1980)
Lyudmila Polyakova Demchikha Demchikha See fewer	Vas ozhidayet grazhdanka Nikanorova (1978)
Viktoriya Goldentul Basya Basya See fewer	The Ascent (1977)
Anatoliy Solonitsyn Portnov, the Nazi interrogator 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' Stas' See fewer	Budni ugolovnogo rozyska (1973)
Anatoli Chebotaryov Actor Actor See fewer	Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
Sergei Kanishchev Boy wearing Budenovka (as Serezha Kanishchev) Boy wearing Budenovka (as Serezha Kanishchev) See fewer	Na svoey zemle (1987)
Vasili Kravtsov Actor Actor See fewer	Bez pravosudiya (1991)
Mikhail Selyutin Actor Actor See fewer	Groza nad Rusyu (1992)
Leonid Yukhin Actor Actor See fewer	Proshchalnaya gastrol' 'Artista' (1980)
Aleksandr Zvenigorsky Actor Actor See fewer	Little Tragedies (1980)

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