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The Ascent

1977

111 minutes

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Overview

Two Soviet partisans leave their starving band to get supplies from a nearby farm. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.

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Criterion Channel

Top Cast

Boris Plotnikov headshot

Boris Plotnikov

Sotnikov

Vladimir Gostyukhin headshot

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Rybak

Sergey Yakovlev headshot

Sergey Yakovlev

Village Elder

Lyudmila Polyakova headshot

Lyudmila Polyakova

Demchikha

Viktoriya Goldentul headshot

Viktoriya Goldentul

Basya

Anatoliy Solonitsyn headshot

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Portnov, the Nazi Interrogator

Mariya Vinogradova headshot

Mariya Vinogradova

Village Elder's Wife

Nikolai Sektimenko headshot

Nikolai Sektimenko

Stas'

Anatoli Chebotaryov headshot

Anatoli Chebotaryov

Sergei Kanishchev headshot

Sergei Kanishchev

Boy wearing Budenovka (as Serezha Kanishchev)

Vasili Kravtsov headshot

Vasili Kravtsov

Mikhail Selyutin headshot

Mikhail Selyutin

Leonid Yukhin headshot

Leonid Yukhin

Aleksandr Zvenigorskiy headshot

Aleksandr Zvenigorskiy

Vladimir Rudyy headshot

Vladimir Rudyy

nemetskiy ofitser v chornykh ochkakh

Sergey Fyodorov headshot

Sergey Fyodorov