The Ascent (1977)

Восхождение

109 min

DramaWar

based on novel or bookwinterworld war iisoviet unionsnowtorturebullet woundpartisanhanged mandeathnazi collaborationismwounded soldierwoman directorintegritycaptured1940ssombermass hangingfear of deathjesus christcollaboratorbelaruschrist figuredeath by hanginggerman invasionwarussrchristian allegorytorturedpublic hangingcrimes against civiliansnazi collaboratorloyal vs traitormoral values

Two Soviet partisans leave their starving band to get supplies from a nearby farm. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.