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Director:
Writers:
Vasili Bykov (novel) and
Yuri Klepikov (writer)
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Release Date:
2 April 1977 (Soviet Union) more
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Two Soviet partisans depart their starving band on a short march to a nearby farm to get supplies. The Germans have reached the farm first... more | add synopsis
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4 wins more
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On DVD: Larisa Shepitko, "A Throw of Dice"
 (From IFC. 11 August 2008, 9:11 PM, PDT)

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The greatest and most harrowing war film of the 20th century... more (19 total)

Cast

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Boris Plotnikov ... Sotnikov
Vladimir Gostyukhin ... Rybak
Sergei Yakovlev ... Village elder
Lyudmila Polyakova ... Demchikha
Viktoriya Goldentul ... Basya
Anatoli Solonitsyn ... Portnov, the Nazi interrogator
Mariya Vinogradova ... Village elder's wife
Nikolai Sektimenko ... Stas'
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Sergei Kanishchev ... Boy wearing Budenovka (as Serezha Kanishchev)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Восхождение (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Ascent
The Ascent (USA)
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Runtime:
111 min
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The greatest and most harrowing war film of the 20th century..., 18 March 2006
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Author: racinemovies from Wellington, NZ

Larisa Shepitko's THE ASCENT (1976) is an extraordinary, gruelling account of the partisans' fight against the Nazis in German-occupied Belorussia, The Ascent reflects the Russian obsession with the horrors of the Great Patriotic War, but unusually is both steeped in religious symbolism and ready to acknowledge the existence of the less than great Russian collaborator. The true battle is not with the Nazis, who hover in the background as mere extras, but between the Russian Nazi investigator and Sotnikov, the captured partisan who finds the spiritual strength to go to his death unbeaten. With its many references to the Crucifixion, the story takes on heroic proportions glorifying the sufferings of the martyr and his influence on future generations. A remarkable piece of work.

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