The Ascent
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1977 · 1h 50m · Drama, War · Soviet Union · Rated TP (FR)
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.
Directed by
Larisa ShepitkoBased on the novel by
Vasili Bykov7.4Smart score
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1940sbased on novel or bookbelarusbullet woundcapturedchrist figurechristian allegorycollaboratorcrimes against civiliansdeathdeath by hangingfear of deathgerman invasionhanged manintegrityjesus christloyal vs traitormass hangingmoral valuesnazi collaborationismnazi collaboratorpartisanpsychological dramapublic hangingsnowsoviet uniontorturetorturedussrwarwinterwoman directorworld war iiwounded soldier
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