The Ascent (1977) — Perfery

(1977)Directed by Larisa Shepitko110 minDrama, War

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.

Boris Plotnikovas Sotnikov

Vladimir Gostyukhinas Rybak

Anatoliy Solonitsynas Portnov, collaborationist interrogator

Lyudmila Polyakovaas Avginya Demchikha, the mother

Viktoriya Goldentulas Basya Meyer, the girl

Sergei Yakovlevas Petr Sych, village elder

Mariya Vinogradovaas Village elder's wife

Mykola Sektymenkoas Stas Gomenyuk, collaborationist policeman

Leonid Yukhinas Partisan commander

Aleksandr Zvenigorskiyas German officer

Vladimir Rudyyas German officer with black glasses

Anatoli Chebotaryovas German officer with glasses

Vasili Kravtsovas German officer

Vladimir Tkalichas German officer

Aleksandr Pyatkovas German soldier, executioner

Sergey Yurtaykinas Cart driver

Igor Bezyaevas Soviet partisan

Stanislav Borodokinas Soviet partisan

Stanislav Zhitaryovas Soviet partisan

Vadim Gusevas Soviet partisan

Aleksandra Kharitonovaas Soviet partisan with a child

Gennadi Nenashevas Matyushenko, Soviet partisan

Galina Bulkinaas Peasant woman

Mikhail Selyutinas Collaborator