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.
The Ascent (1977) is a 1h 49min drama feature film by Larisa Shepitko. During a freezing WWII winter, two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the temperature, the occ...
Key facts
Cast
Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Lyudmila Polyakova, Viktoriya Goldentul, Sergei Yakovlev, Mariya Vinogradova, Mykola Sektymenko
Original language
German
First release
April 2, 1977 (Soviet Union)
Production companies
Mosfilm
Awards
Golden Bear
Setting
Belarus
Crew
Screenplay
Larisa Shepitko, Yuri Klepikov
Producer
Willie Geller
Cinematography
Vladimir Chukhnov
Editing
Valeriya Belova
Music
Alfred Schnittke
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- L'Étrange Festival 2019 - Carte blanche
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Soviet Union | April 2, 1977 |
| Theatrical | Germany | October 28, 1977 |
| Television | Germany | July 18, 1978 |
| Theatrical | United States | December 22, 1978 |
| Theatrical | Portugal | October 26, 1979 |
| Theatrical | France | March 19, 1980 |
| Theatrical | Portugal | February 28, 1982 |
| Theatrical | Portugal | October 20, 1984 |
| Theatrical | Portugal | May 13, 2016 |
| Theatrical | France | May 29, 2024 |
| Theatrical | Brazil | September 12, 2026 |
Full credits
| Director | Larisa Shepitko |
| Cast | Boris Plotnikov (Sotnikov), Vladimir Gostyukhin (Rybak), Anatoliy Solonitsyn (Portnov, Collaborationist Interrogator), Lyudmila Polyakova (Avginya Demchikha, the Mother), Viktoriya Goldentul (Basya Meyer, the Girl), Sergei Yakovlev (Petr Sych, Village Elder), Mariya Vinogradova (Village Elder's Wife), Mykola Sektymenko (Stas Gomenyuk, Collaborationist Policeman), Leonid Yukhin (Partisan Commander), Aleksandr Zvenigorskiy (German Officer), Vladimir Rudyy (German Officer with Black Glasses), Anatoli Chebotaryov (German Officer with Glasses), Vasili Kravtsov (German Officer), Vladimir Tkalich (German Officer), Aleksandr Pyatkov (German Soldier, Executioner), Sergey Yurtaykin (Cart Driver), Igor Bezyaev (Soviet Partisan), Stanislav Borodokin (Soviet Partisan), Stanislav Zhitaryov (Soviet Partisan), Vadim Gusev (Soviet Partisan), Aleksandra Kharitonova (Soviet Partisan with a Child), Gennadi Nenashev (Matyushenko), Galina Bulkina (Peasant Woman), Mikhail Selyutin (Collaborator), V. Sokolov (collaborationist policeman), Sergei Kanishchev (Boy Wearing a Budenovka), Dima Buranov (Child), Svetlana Kulkova (Child), Marina Pchelintseva (Child), Vladimir Sukhorebry, Nikolay Gagarin, Nikolai Smirnov, Sergey Fyodorov, A. Gerasimov, V. Lavrentyev, N. Chetvergov, A. Naumova, Yevgeniy Markov (German Officer (uncredited)) |
| Screenplay | Larisa Shepitko, Yuri Klepikov |
| Producer | Willie Geller |
| Cinematography | Vladimir Chukhnov |
| Editing | Valeriya Belova |
| Music | Alfred Schnittke |
| Production design | Yuri Raksha |
| Costumes | Alina Budnikova |
Additional data: TMDB.
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