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1977
  • Drama
  • War

The Ascent

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Runtime
1h 51m
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Countries
  • RU
  • Russia
  • SU
  • Soviet Union
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Languages
  • de
  • ru
Two Soviet partisans leave their starving band to get supplies from a nearby farm. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.

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Larisa Shepitko
Director Writer
Vasili Bykov
Novel
Yuri Klepikov
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Boris Plotnikov
Sotnikov
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Rybak
Lyudmila Polyakova
Demchikha
Mariya Vinogradova
Village elder's wife
Nikolai Sektimenko
Stas'
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    April 2, 1977
  • Original Language
    Russian
  • Production Companies
    • Mosfilm

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