Watch "The Ascent"
Open in New TabProduction Information
Production Companies
Mosfilm
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Russian
German
Keywords
based on novel or book
winter
world war ii
soviet union
snow
torture
bullet wound
partisan
hanged man
death
nazi collaborationism
wounded soldier
woman director
integrity
captured
1940s
somber
mass hanging
fear of death
jesus christ
collaborator
belarus
christ figure
death by hanging
german invasion
war
ussr
christian allegory
tortured
public hanging
crimes against civilians
nazi collaborator
loyal vs traitor
moral values
Quick Facts
| Original Title | Восхождение |
| Release Date | April 2, 1977 |
| Status | Released |
| Language | RU |
| IMDb ID | tt0075404 |
Cast
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
Aleksandr Zvenigorskiy
German officer
Vladimir Rudyy
German officer with black glasses
Anatoli Chebotaryov
German officer with glasses
