During a freezing WWII winter, two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the temperature, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.
- Director
- Larisa Shepitko
Starring
Boris Plotnikov
Sotnikov
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Rybak
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Portnov, collaborationist interrogator
Lyudmila Polyakova
Avginya Demchikha, the mother
Viktoriya Goldentul
Basya Meyer, the girl
Sergei Yakovlev
Petr Sych, village elder
Mariya Vinogradova
Village elder's wife
Mykola Sektymenko
Stas Gomenyuk, collaborationist policeman
Leonid Yukhin
Partisan commander
- A
Aleksandr Zvenigorskiy
German officer
Vladimir Rudyy
German officer with black glasses
- A
Anatoli Chebotaryov
German officer with glasses
Frequently asked questions
- Where can I watch The Ascent?
- The Ascent is streaming on Criterion Channel. It can also be rented or bought on YouTube, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies. Availability is refreshed weekly.
- How long is The Ascent?
- The Ascent runs 110 minutes (1h 50m).
- Who stars in The Ascent?
- The Ascent stars Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Lyudmila Polyakova, Viktoriya Goldentul.
