The Criterion Collection
The Ascent
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Directed by: Larisa Shepitko
Featuring: Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergei Yakovlev, Lyudmila Polyakova, Victoria Goldentul, Anatoly Solonitsin, Nikolay Sektimenko
Year: 1977
Time: 111 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 1063
Release Date: January 26 2021
MSRP:
$39.95
Blu-ray
1 Disc | BD-50
1.37:1 ratio
Russian 1.0 PCM Mono
Subtitles: English
Region A
New selected-scene commentary featuring film scholar Daniel Bird
New video introduction by Anton Klimov, son of director Larisa Shepitko and filmmaker Elem Klimov
New interview with actor Lyudmila Polyakova
The Homeland of Electricity, a 1967 short film by Shepitko
Larisa, a 1980 short film tribute to his late wife by Klimo
Two documentaries from 2012 about Shepitko’s life, work, and relationship with Klimov
Program from 1999 featuring an interview with Larisa Shepitko
An essay by poet Fanny Howe
