The Ascent (1977)

Drama / War • 111 minutes •  8.3/10

Starring: Boris Plotnikov Vladimir Gostyukhin Lyudmila Polyakova Viktoriya Goldentul Mariya Vinogradova Nikolai Sektimenko Anatoliy Solonitsyn Sergei Kanishchev and others.

Director: Larisa Shepitko Writer: Larisa Shepitko Yuri Klepikov Director of Photography: Pavel Lebeshev Vladimir Chukhnov Editor: Valeriya Belova Original Music Composer: Alfred Schnittke

Released • April 2, 1977

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.