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The Ascent

Larisa Shepitko

1977 • 1h 50m

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.

The Ascent

A Ascensão | Trailer Legendado | HD

Cast

Boris Plotnikov

Boris PlotnikovSotnikov

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Vladimir GostyukhinRybak

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Anatoliy SolonitsynPortnov, collaborationist interrogator

Lyudmila Polyakova

Lyudmila PolyakovaAvginya Demchikha, the mother

Viktoriya Goldentul

Viktoriya GoldentulBasya Meyer, the girl

Sergei Yakovlev

Sergei YakovlevPetr Sych, village elder

Mariya Vinogradova

Mariya VinogradovaVillage elder's wife

Mykola Sektymenko

Mykola SektymenkoStas Gomenyuk, collaborationist policeman

Leonid Yukhin

Leonid YukhinPartisan commander

Aleksandr ZvenigorskiyGerman officer

Vladimir Rudyy

Vladimir RudyyGerman officer with black glasses

Anatoli ChebotaryovGerman officer with glasses

Vasili Kravtsov

Vasili KravtsovGerman officer

Vladimir Tkalich

Vladimir TkalichGerman officer

Aleksandr Pyatkov

Aleksandr PyatkovGerman soldier, executioner

Crew

Larisa Shepitko

Larisa ShepitkoDirector

Vasili Bykov

Vasili BykovNovel

Yuri Klepikov

Yuri KlepikovWriter

Valeriya Belova

Valeriya BelovaEditor

Alfred Schnittke

Alfred SchnittkeOriginal Music Composer

Yuri Raksha

Yuri RakshaProduction Design

Yan Pototsky

Yan PototskySound Director

Raisa Lukina

Raisa LukinaMusic Editor

Alina Budnikova

Alina BudnikovaCostume Design

Evgeny Tsymbal

Evgeny TsymbalSecond Assistant Director

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