The Ascent (1977)

Name: The Ascent
Director: Larisa Shepitko
Released: 1977-04-02
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergey Yakovlev, Lyudmila Polyakova, Viktoriya Goldentul

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111 min

Plot Summary

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.