Principal cast
Boris Plotnikov as Sotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin as Rybak, Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Portnov, collaborationist interrogator, Lyudmila Polyakova as Avginya Demchikha, the mother, and Viktoriya Goldentul as Basya Meyer, the girl
About the film
The Ascent at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1976 film at stop 198 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
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.
Key craft credits
Vladimir Chukhnov (director of photography), Valeriya Belova (editor), Alfred Schnittke (original music composer), and Yuri Raksha (production design)
- Director
- Larisa Shepitko
- Release
- 1977-04-02
- Runtime
- 110 minutes
- Genres
- Drama and War
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Quiz
- 50 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
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