The Ascent (1977)
1977 · 1h 50m · Drama, War
Genres: Drama, 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.
Director: Larisa Shepitko
Writers: Vasili Bykov, Yuri Klepikov, Larisa Shepitko
Music by: Alfred Schnittke
Cinematography: Vladimir Chukhnov
Editor: Valeriya Belova
Rated 7.9/10 by 258 viewers
Cast
Boris Plotnikov as SotnikovVladimir Gostyukhin as RybakAnatoliy Solonitsyn as Portnov, Collaborationist InterrogatorLyudmila Polyakova as Avginya Demchikha, the MotherViktoriya Goldentul as Basya Meyer, the GirlSergei Yakovlev as Petr Sych, Village ElderMariya Vinogradova as Village Elder's WifeMykola Sektymenko as Stas Gomenyuk, Collaborationist PolicemanLeonid Yukhin as Partisan CommanderAleksandr Zvenigorskiy as German OfficerVladimir Rudyy as German Officer with Black GlassesAnatoli Chebotaryov as German Officer with GlassesMore like this
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