The Ascent

The Ascent

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Release Date

4/2/1977

Runtime

111 mins

Genres

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

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Revenue

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A harrowing spiritual descent into moral extremity: two wounded soldiers trudge through frozen, occupied territory toward martyrdom, each choice narrowing the path between survival and conscience until only sacrifice remains.

Mood

Dread-soakedBleakContemplativeMournful

Themes

FaithMortalitySurvivalRedemption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDesaturatedLong takes

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violenceSuicide and self-harm

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