Drama ·War ·History · Soviet Union · 1977 · 1h 49m

The Ascent

Восхождение

Director

Cast

Boris Plotnikov as Sotnikov Vladimir Gostyukhin as Rybak Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Portnov, collaborationist interrogator Lyudmila Polyakova as Avginya Demchikha, the mother Viktoriya Goldentul as Basya Meyer, the girl Sergei Yakovlev as Petr Sych, village elder

Crew

Vladimir Chukhnov — Director of Photography Valeriya Belova — Editor Alfred Schnittke — Original Music Composer Larisa Shepitko — Writer Yuri Klepikov — Writer Vasili Bykov — Novel

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book winter world war ii soviet union snow torture bullet wound partisan hanged man death nazi collaborationism wounded soldier

Key Collaborators

Larisa Shepitko Director Vladimir Chukhnov Director of Photography Valeriya Belova Editor Alfred Schnittke Original Music Composer Larisa Shepitko Writer Yuri Klepikov Writer Vasili Bykov Novel Willie Geller Producer Yuri Raksha Production Design Alina Budnikova Costume Design

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