The Ascent

Movie
Audience Score
79
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NR 1 hr 51 minWar, Drama
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.
StarringBoris PlotnikovVladimir GostyukhinSergey Yakovlev
DirectorLarisa Shepitko
WritersYuri KlepikovLarisa Shepitko

Movie Details

Original Language:Russian
Production Companies:Mosfilm, Tretye Tvorcheskoe Obyedinenie
Movie Tags:
woman directorworld war ii1940ssnowsoviet unionpartisanintegrity