The Ascent
Apr 02 1977
•2h 51m
•Drama, War
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.
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Boris Plotnikov
Борис Андреевич Сотников (озв. Александр Демьяненко)
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Коля Рыбак
Sergey Yakovlev
Пётр Сыч, староста
Lyudmila Polyakova
Авгинья Демчиха
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