The Ascent
1977Directed by: Larisa Shepitko
Starring: Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergey Yakovlev
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.
Drama
War
War and historical adventure
Military combat and heroic soldiers
Nazis and World War II
Political drama, patriotism, and war
Surreal and thought-provoking visions of life and death
Faith and spiritual journeys