ForSeenItForSeenIt
NOWDISCOVERLISTS
The Ascent
The Ascent
Play Trailer

The Ascent

1977
Directed byLarisa Shepitko
1h 49m

During a freezing WWII winter, two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the temperature, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.

CAST
Boris PlotnikovSotnikovVladimir GostyukhinRybakAnatoliy SolonitsynPortnov, collaborationist interrogator
ForSeenItForSeenIt
WatchDiscoverCompareUp NextListsAwardsBallotSearch

© 2026 ForSeenIt. Made for transmedia taste.

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

v3.3002 · CLOUD · code x168 sha 8cf7760-perf · rev forseentest-00332-hir

Lyudmila Polyakova
Avginya Demchikha, the mother
Viktoriya GoldentulBasya Meyer, the girl
Sergei YakovlevPetr Sych, village elder
Mariya VinogradovaVillage elder's wife
Mykola SektymenkoStas Gomenyuk, collaborationist policeman
Leonid YukhinPartisan commander
Aleksandr ZvenigorskiyGerman officer
DETAILS
GENRES
DramaWarHistory
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
Mosfilm
RATING
7.8

Suggested

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
6.8
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin2024
The Boy in the Woods
6.8
The Boy in the Woods2023
The Zone of Interest
7.0
The Zone of Interest2023
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
7.8
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas2008
A Hidden Life
7.2
A Hidden Life2019
The Monuments Men
6.1
The Monuments Men2014
Ratings

No ratings yet.

Wanting to Watch

No watchers yet.

REVIEWS & LOGS

No reviews yet — be the first to log this one.

Where to watch

US
Watch on Criterion Channel

Stream

Criterion ChannelCriterion Channel

Rent

Amazon VideoAmazon VideoApple TV StoreApple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesGoogle Play MoviesYouTubeYouTube

Buy

Amazon VideoAmazon VideoApple TV StoreApple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesGoogle Play MoviesYouTubeYouTube
All Options Powered by JustWatch