The Ascent (1977)
- Original title
- Восхождение
- Directed by
- Larisa Shepitko
- Genre
- drama film, war film, art film, partisan film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- TP
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 250 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two Soviet soldiers trek through a snowy winter landscape after a partisan mission goes wrong. They are captured by Nazi forces and face a choice between collaboration and death.
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What happens
The Ascent (Russian: Восхождение, romanized: Voskhozhdeniye) is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Larisa Shepitko and made at Mosfilm. Shepitko and Yuri Klepikov's screenplay was adapted from the 1970 novel Sotnikov by Vasil Bykaŭ. The film was shot in black-and-white in January 1974 near Murom, Russia, in appalling winter conditions. The Ascent won the Golden Bear at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival in 1977. It was also selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was Shepitko's last film before her death in a car accident in 1979. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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