The Ascent (1977)

Larisa Shepitko

⚠ Unverified — hosted on the Internet Archive, not confirmed public domain. Opens on archive.org; nothing plays here directly.

The Ascent 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 follows two Soviet partisans, Sotnikov and Rybak, during World War II as they search for food in a Belarusian village. After being captured by German forces, they face moral dilemmas of self-sacrifice and survival, leading to tragic consequences for both characters.