The Ascent
Watch TrailerDuring 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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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | Восхождение |
| Year | 1977 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Genre | Drama, War, History |
| Director | Larisa Shepitko |
| Runtime | 109 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 7.8/10 (244 votes) |
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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
Sotnikov
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Rybak
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Portnov, collaborationist interrogator
Lyudmila Polyakova
Avginya Demchikha, the mother
Viktoriya Goldentul
Basya Meyer, the girl
Sergei Yakovlev
Petr Sych, village elder
Mariya Vinogradova
Village elder's wife
Mykola Sektymenko
Stas Gomenyuk, collaborationist policeman
Leonid Yukhin
Partisan commander
Aleksandr Zvenigorskiy
German officer
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