---
title: 'The Ascent (1977)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Larisa Shepitko'
released: '1977-04-02'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ascent-1977'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075404/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Ascent (1977)

1977 · 110 min · Drama, War · Soviet Union


## Synopsis

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 was shot in black-and-white in January 1974 near Murom, Russia, in appalling winter conditions.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Larisa Shepitko](https://cinepixo.com/people/larisa-shepitko)
- **Screenplay:** [Larisa Shepitko](https://cinepixo.com/people/larisa-shepitko), [Vasil Bykaŭ](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasil-bykau), [Yuri Klepikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-klepikov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Schnittke](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-schnittke)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pavel Lebeshev](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-lebeshev), [Vladimir Chukhnov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-chukhnov)

## Cast

- [Vladimir Gostyukhin](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-gostyukhin)
- [Boris Plotnikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-plotnikov)
- [Anatoly Solonitsyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatoly-solonitsyn)

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