The Ascent

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Larisa Shepitko

Writing Credits

Vasiliy Bykov
(novel)
Yuri Klepikov
(screenplay) &
Larisa Shepitko
(screenplay)

Cast

Boris Plotnikov
Sotnikov
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Rybak
Sergey Yakovlev
Village elder
Lyudmila Polyakova
Demchikha
Viktoriya Goldentul
Basya
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Portnov, the Nazi interrogator
Mariya Vinogradova
Village elder's wife
Nikolai Sektimenko
Stas'
Sergei Kanishchev
Boy wearing Budenovka

Music by

Alfred Schnittke
(as A. Shnitke)

Cinematography by

Vladimir Chukhnov
Pavel Lebeshev

Editing by

Valeriya Belova
(as V. Belova)

Production Design by

Yuriy Raksha

Makeup Department

S. Kalinin
makeup artist

Production Management

Willie Geller
production manager (as V. Geller)

Sound Department

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

Special Effects by

Viktor Zhanov
special effects (as V. Zhanov)

Camera and Electrical Department

Eduard Shcherbakov
camera operator (as E. Shcherbakov)

Music Department

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

Script and Continuity Department

Ada Repina
script editor (as A. Repina)

Additional Crew

V. Bystrov
consultant
V. Sumtsov
consultant
All Filters