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The Ascent

1977110 min 7.9 TMDBIMDb ↗Released

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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Release / first air1977-04-02
Original languageRU
GenresDrama, War
DirectorLarisa Shepitko
WriterVasili Bykov
BudgetNot available
RevenueNot available
ProductionMosfilm

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10 cast members
Boris PlotnikovBoris PlotnikovSotnikov
Vladimir GostyukhinVladimir GostyukhinRybak
Anatoliy SolonitsynAnatoliy SolonitsynPortnov, Collaborationist Interrogator
Lyudmila PolyakovaLyudmila PolyakovaAvginya Demchikha, the Mother
Viktoriya GoldentulViktoriya GoldentulBasya Meyer, the Girl
Sergei YakovlevSergei YakovlevPetr Sych, Village Elder
Mariya VinogradovaMariya VinogradovaVillage Elder's Wife
Mykola SektymenkoMykola SektymenkoStas Gomenyuk, Collaborationist Policeman
Leonid YukhinLeonid YukhinPartisan Commander
Aleksandr ZvenigorskiyAleksandr ZvenigorskiyGerman Officer

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#based on novel or book#winter#world war ii#soviet union#snow#torture#bullet wound#partisan#hanged man#death#nazi collaborationism#wounded soldier#woman director#integrity#captured#1940s#mass hanging#fear of death#jesus christ#collaborator#belarus#christ figure#death by hanging#german invasion#war#ussr#christian allegory#tortured#psychological drama#public hanging#crimes against civilians#nazi collaborator#loyal vs traitor#moral values

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