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The Ascent( 1977)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Boris Plotnikov

      Борис Андреевич Сотников (озв. Александр Демьяненко)

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      Vladimir Gostyukhin

      Коля Рыбак

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      Sergey Yakovlev

      Пётр Сыч, староста

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      Lyudmila Polyakova

      Авгинья Демчиха

    5. cast image

      Viktoriya Goldentul

      Бася

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      Anatoliy Solonitsyn

      Павел Гаврилович Портнов, следователь у фашистов

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      Mariya Vinogradova

      старостиха

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      Nikolai Sektimenko

      Стась Гоменюк, полицай

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      Leonid Yukhin

      командир партизанского отряда

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      Aleksandr Zvenigorskiy

      немецкий офицер

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      Vladimir Rudyy

      немецкий офицер в чёрных очках

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      Anatoli Chebotaryov

      немецкий офицер в очках

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      Igor Bezyaev

      партизан

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      Stanislav Borodokin

      партизан

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      Galina Bulkina

      крестьянка

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      Vadim Gusev

      партизан

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      Stanislav Zhitarev

      партизан

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      Gennadi Nenashev

      Матюшенко. партизан

    19. cast image

      Vasili Kravtsov

      немецкий офицер

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      Aleksandr Pyatkov

      немецкий солдат, палач

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      Mikhail Selyutin

      пособник фашистов

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      V. Sokolov

      полицай

    23. cast image

      Vladimir Tkalich

      немецкий офицер

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      Aleksandra Kharitonova

      партизанка с ребёнком

    25. cast image

      Sergey Yurtaykin

      возница

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      Nikolai Smirnov

      эпизод

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      Sergei Kanishchev

      мальчик в будёновке

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      Vladimir Sukhorebry

      эпизод

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      Nikolay Gagarin

      эпизод

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      Sergey Fyodorov

      эпизод

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      Yevgeniy Markov

      немецкий офицер (нет в титрах)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Dec 15 2024
    This starts and finishes with the same shot - a freezing cold snowscape peppered with a few telegraph poles amidst a wilderness that the Soviet population were prepared to to die to protect from the invading Nazis. Two Red Army partisans are doing their best to frustrate their enemy whilst combating the brutality of the terrain and the climate. "Sotnikov" (Boris Plotnikov) and "Rybak" (Vladimir Gostyukhin) are out foraging for food when they encounter some sheep and then themselves become the hunted as a patrol chases them to a remote farmhouse and thence conveys them to a prison. It's here tha...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • world war ii
    • soviet union
    • snow
    • partisan
    • woman director
    • integrity
    • 1940s
    • tragic