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The Ascent
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The Ascent

1977 · 109 min Drama War
7.8 / 10 · TMDB

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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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

"Восхождение" (1977) is drama that doesn't pretend to have simple answers to difficult questions.

Worth watching if you're ready for a film that might touch something personal.

For drama lovers who watch cinema for the experience of feeling.

Director: Larisa Shepitko

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: quiet evening, clear head, space to actually watch.

🎭 Cast

Boris Plotnikov

Boris Plotnikov

Sotnikov

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Rybak

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Portnov, collaborationist interrogator

Lyudmila Polyakova

Lyudmila Polyakova

Avginya Demchikha, the mother

Viktoriya Goldentul

Viktoriya Goldentul

Basya Meyer, the girl

Sergei Yakovlev

Sergei Yakovlev

Petr Sych, village elder

Mariya Vinogradova

Mariya Vinogradova

Village elder's wife

Mykola Sektymenko

Mykola Sektymenko

Stas Gomenyuk, collaborationist policeman

Leonid Yukhin

Leonid Yukhin

Partisan commander

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Aleksandr Zvenigorskiy

German officer

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