The Ascent
Amid the brutal winter of WWII, two Soviet partisans embark on a desperate mission to secure food, battling starvation, enemy forces, and the crushing weight of survival in the snowy wilderness.
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In the harsh winter of World War II, two Soviet partisans undertake a mission to procure food, facing extreme cold, German occupation forces, and the psychological challenges of their situation.
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Edited by Valeriya BelovaShot by Vladimir ChukhnovScored by Alfred SchnittkeDesigned by Yuriy Raksha
Also known as
- Aufstiegde
- Die Erhöhungde
- The Ascentde
- Voschozhdeniede
- Wniebowstapieniede
- Wosschoschdeniede
- The Ascenten
- La ascensiónes
- L'Ascensionfr
- L'ascesait
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Cast & Crew
18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Boris Plotnikov
as Boris Sotnikov
Vladimir Gostyukhin
as Nikolay Rybak
Sergey Yakovlev
as Pyotr Sych - Village elder
Lyudmila Polyakova
as Avginya Demchikha
Viktoriya Goldentul
as Basya
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
as Pavel Portnov - the Nazi interrogator
Mariya Vinogradova
as Village elder's wife
Nikolai Sektimenko
as Stas' Gamanyuk
Anatoli Chebotaryov
as German officer with glasses
Sergei Kanishchev
as Boy wearing Budyonovka
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