The Ascent
Trailer: The Ascent
Year: 1977
Studio: Mosfilm, Tretye Tvorcheskoe Obyedinenie
Director: Larisa Shepitko
Cast: Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergey Yakovlev, Lyudmila Polyakova, Viktoriya Goldentul, Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Crew: Vasili Bykov (Novel), Larisa Shepitko (Writer), Alfred Schnittke (Original Music Composer), Larisa Shepitko (Director), Valeriya Belova (Editor), Yuri Klepikov (Writer)
Runtime: 111 minutes
Release: Apr 02, 1977
IMDb: 7.84/10 by 218 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Deutsch, Pусский
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0

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