The Ascent (1977 film)

The Ascent
German poster
Russian	Восхождение
Directed by	Larisa Shepitko
Written by	Vasil Bykaŭ (novel) Yuri Klepikov Larisa Shepitko
Based on	Sotnikov by Vasil Bykaŭ
Starring	Boris Plotnikov Vladimir Gostyukhin Sergei Yakovlev Lyudmila Polyakova Anatoli Solonitsyn
Cinematography	Vladimir Chukhnov Pavel Lebeshev
Music by	Alfred Schnittke
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	2 April 1977 (1977-04-02)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Languages	Russian German

The Ascent (‹See Tfd›Russian: Восхождение, tr. Voskhozhdeniye) is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Larisa Shepitko and made at Mosfilm. Shepitko and Yuri Klepikov's screenplay was adapted from the 1970 novel Sotnikov by Vasil Bykaŭ. The film was shot in black-and-white in January 1974 near Murom, Russia, in appalling winter conditions.

The Ascent won the Golden Bear at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival in 1977. It was also selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was Shepitko's last film before her death in a car accident in 1979.