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The Ascent (1977)

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The Ascent

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Director

  • Larisa Shepitko
    Larisa Shepitko

Writers

  • Vasiliy Bykov
    Vasiliy Bykov
    novel "Sotnikov"
  • Yuri Klepikov
    Yuri Klepikov
    screenplay &
  • Larisa Shepitko
    Larisa Shepitko
    screenplay

Cast

(in credits order)
  • Boris Plotnikov in The Ascent (1977)
    Boris Plotnikov
    Boris Plotnikov
    Boris Sotnikov
  • Vladimir Gostyukhin at an event for Tikhiy Don (2006)
    Vladimir Gostyukhin
    Vladimir Gostyukhin
    Nikolay Rybak
  • Sergey Yakovlev in The Ascent (1977)
    Sergey Yakovlev
    Sergey Yakovlev
    Pyotr Sych - Village elder
  • Lyudmila Polyakova in Farewell (1983)
    Lyudmila Polyakova
    Lyudmila Polyakova
    Avginya Demchikha
  • Viktoriya Goldentul in The Ascent (1977)
    Viktoriya Goldentul
    Viktoriya Goldentul
    Basya
  • Anatoliy Solonitsyn in Stalker (1979)
    Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    Pavel Portnov - the Nazi interrogator
  • Mariya Vinogradova in Mirgorod i ego obitateli (1983)
    Mariya Vinogradova
    Mariya Vinogradova
    Village elder's wife
  • Nikolai Sektimenko in The Ascent (1977)
    Nikolai Sektimenko
    Nikolai Sektimenko
    Stas' Gamanyuk
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Anatoli Chebotaryov
    Anatoli Chebotaryov
    German officer with glasses
  • Sergei Kanishchev in The Ascent (1977)
    Sergei Kanishchev
    Sergei Kanishchev
    Boy wearing Budyonovka
    (as Serezha Kanishchev)
  • Vasili Kravtsov
    Vasili Kravtsov
    German officer
  • Mikhail Selyutin in The Ascent (1977)
    Mikhail Selyutin
    Mikhail Selyutin
    Fascist collaborator
  • V. Sokolov
    V. Sokolov
    Politzai
  • Leonid Yukhin in The Ascent (1977)
    Leonid Yukhin
    Leonid Yukhin
    Partisan detachment commander
  • Aleksandr Zvenigorsky in Printsessa tsirka (1982)
    Aleksandr Zvenigorsky
    Aleksandr Zvenigorsky
    German officer

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Composer

  • Alfred Schnittke
    Alfred Schnittke
    composer (as A. Shnitke)

Cinematographers

  • Vladimir Chukhnov
    Vladimir Chukhnov
  • Pavel Lebeshev
    Pavel Lebeshev

Editor

  • Valeriya Belova
    Valeriya Belova
    editor (as V. Belova)

Production Designer

  • Yuriy Raksha
    Yuriy Raksha

Costume Designer

  • Alina Budnikova
    Alina Budnikova

Makeup Department

  • S. Kalinin
    S. Kalinin
    makeup artist

Production Manager

  • Willie Geller
    Willie Geller
    production manager (as V. Geller)

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

  • E. Eliasov
    E. Eliasov
    assistant director
  • V. Khovanskaya
    V. Khovanskaya
    second director
  • E. Tsimbal
    E. Tsimbal
    assistant director

Sound Department

  • Yevgeniy Bazanov
    Yevgeniy Bazanov
    re-recording mixer (as Ye. Bazanov)
  • Yan Pototsky
    Yan Pototsky
    sound (as Ya. Pototsky)

Special Effects

  • Viktor Zhanov
    Viktor Zhanov
    special effects operator (as V. Zhanov)

Camera and Electrical Department

  • A. Madenov
    A. Madenov
    lighting technician
  • S. Podlegayev
    S. Podlegayev
    assistant camera
  • Leonid Podsukhskiy
    Leonid Podsukhskiy
    lighting technician
  • Eduard Shcherbakov
    Eduard Shcherbakov
    camera operator (as E. Shcherbakov)
  • Yuriy Volodin
    Yuriy Volodin
    assistant camera
  • V. Zagorodnikov
    V. Zagorodnikov
    lighting technician

Editorial Department

  • Eleonora Praksina
    Eleonora Praksina
    assistant editor

Music Department

  • Raisa Lukina
    Raisa Lukina
    music editor (as R. Lukina)
  • Yuriy Nikolayevskiy
    Yuriy Nikolayevskiy
    conductor (as Yu. Nikolayevsky)

Script and Continuity Department

  • Ada Repina
    Ada Repina
    script editor (as A. Repina)

Additional Crew

  • V. Bystrov
    V. Bystrov
    consultant
  • Vladimir Sumtsov
    Vladimir Sumtsov
    consultant (as V. Sumtsov)

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