The Ascent ( Voskhozhdenie )

The Ascent (Blu-Ray) (*)

$24.99

Original Title: Voskhozhdenie
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
111 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1977 and produced in:
Soviet Union ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Larisa Shepitko

Written By:
Vasiliy Bykov
Yuri Klepikov
Larisa Shepitko

Actors:
Boris Plotnikov ..... Sotnikov
Vladimir Gostyukhin ..... Rybak
Sergey Yakovlev ..... Village elder
Lyudmila Polyakova ..... Demchikha
Viktoriya Goldentul ..... Basya
Anatoliy Solonitsyn ..... Portnov, the Nazi interrogator
Mariya Vinogradova ..... Village elder's wife
Nikolai Sektimenko ..... Stas'
Anatoli Chebotaryov ..... Boy wearing Budenovka
Sergei Kanishchev
Vasili Kravtsov
Mikhail Selyutin
Leonid Yukhin
Aleksandr Zvenigorsky

Synopsis:

In a freezing cold World War II winter, two pro-Soviet partisans - Sotnikov and Rybak - head off to find food for themselves and their compatriots. They find a sheep at the home of a German Headman but their return to camp is interrupted when they are arrested by a Nazi patrol. Taken prisoner, Sotnikov stands true to his beliefs and refuses to answer any questions despite physical abuse and torture. Rybak on the other hand argues that since they know nothing, they should simply tell them all that they know and do whatever they can to stay alive. One of them will live, but at a very heavy cost.

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