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The Ascent
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The Ascent is a 1977 Soviet black-and-white film directed by Larisa Shepitko and produced by Mosfilm. The screenplay was written by Shepitko, Vasil Bykaŭ, and Yuri Klepikov, with music composed by Alfred Schnittke and cinematography by Pavel Lebeshev. The cast includes Anatoly Solonitsyn, Boris Plotnikov, and Vladimir Gostyukhin. The narrative is set in Belarus during World War II.
The film was released in 1977, with dates including April 2, October 28, and December 5. It has a runtime of 109 or 111 minutes. The movie received the Golden Bear award and is recognized in the Golden Bear collection. It is described by the source Women Make Film. Distribution formats include video on demand, with Netflix and the Criterion Channel listed as providers. The original languages are Russian and German.
Critical reception includes a 100% review score and an IMDb rating of 8.2 based on 11,540 votes. The film is categorized as an art film, drama film, partisan film, and war film. Keywords associated with the work include winter, snow, and being based on a novel or book.
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7.8During a freezing WWII winter, two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the temperature, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.
Cast
- Boris Plotnikov as Sotnikov
- Vladimir Gostyukhin as Rybak
- Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Portnov, collaborationist interrogator
- Lyudmila Polyakova as Avginya Demchikha, the mother
- Viktoriya Goldentul as Basya Meyer, the girl
- Sergei Yakovlev as Petr Sych, village elder
Themes
- based on novel or book
- winter
- world war ii
- soviet union
- snow
- torture
- bullet wound
- partisan
- hanged man
- death
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Ratings
IMDb
8.2/10
11,540 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
- Year
- 1977
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Awards
- 4 wins total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Golden Bear
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Original language
- German
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Larisa Shepitko
- Screenwriter
- Yuri Klepikov
- Cast member
- Vladimir Gostyukhin
- Composer
- Alfred Schnittke
- Production company
- Mosfilm
- Narrative location
- Belarus
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 792232
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1977-12-05
- title
- The Ascent
- distributed by
- Netflix
- described by source
- Women Make Film
- review score
- 100%
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