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Apr 29, 2022 · With stark, visceral cinematography that pits blinding white snow against pitch-black despair, The Ascent finds poetry and transcendence in the harrowing trials of war. Directed by Larisa Shepitko. Screenplay by Yuri Klepikov & Larisa Shepitko. Based on the novella "Sotnikov" by Vasil Bykov.
- 110 min
Apr 2, 1977 · 1977. 1h 51m. IMDb RATING. 8.2 /10. 10K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Play trailer 3:41. 2 Videos. 58 Photos. Drama War. Two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches. Director. Larisa Shepitko. Writers. Vasiliy Bykov. Yuri Klepikov. Larisa Shepitko. Stars. Boris Plotnikov.
The Ascent (Russian: Восхождение, tr. Voskhozhdeniye) is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Larisa Shepitko and made at Mosfilm. Shepitko and Yuri Klepikov's screenplay was adapted from the 1970 novel Sotnikov by Vasil Bykaŭ. The film was shot in black-and-white in January 1974 near Murom, Russia, in appalling winter conditions.