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The Ascent
Dir.: Larisa Schepitko | 108 minutes

The Ascent

USSR 1977 | 108 minutes | Russian | Hebrew subtitles

The Ascent is a stepping stone in Soviet cinema. Survival and sacrifice, the value of life and ideology are some of the subjects Schepitko tackles in her adaptation on WWII stories by writer Vasil Bykov. The breathtaking black-and-white cinematography is only one of the reasons that makes The Ascent a masterpiece that should not be missed.