The Ascent (1977) featured a cast of 38 tracked actors. Of these, 8 (32%) are still alive today and 17 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Lyudmila Polyakova, age 87. This film starred Boris Plotnikov and Vladimir Gostyukhin.
32% still with us· verified cast21% of full cast · incl. 13 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 32% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 72.6 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast38 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1977 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boris Plotnikov Sotnikov | Sotnikov | Deceased | 02/04/1949 | 71 | 02/12/2020 | 28 |
 Vladimir Gostyukhin Rybak | Rybak | Living | 10/03/1946 | 80 | — | 31 |
 Anatoliy Solonitsyn Portnov, collaborationist interrogator | Portnov, collaborationist interrogator | Deceased | 30/08/1934 | 47 | 11/06/1982 | 43 |
 Lyudmila Polyakova Avginya Demchikha, the mother | Avginya Demchikha, the mother | Living | 28/01/1939 | 87 | — | 38 |
 Viktoriya Goldentul Basya Meyer, the girl | Basya Meyer, the girl | Living | 27/07/1963 | 63 | — | 14 |
 Sergei Yakovlev Petr Sych, village elder | Petr Sych, village elder | Deceased | 04/08/1925 | 70 | 01/01/1996 | 52 |
 Mariya Vinogradova Village elder's wife | Village elder's wife | Deceased | 13/07/1922 | 72 | 02/07/1995 | 55 |
 Mykola Sektymenko Stas Gomenyuk, collaborationist policeman | Stas Gomenyuk, collaborationist policeman | Deceased | 23/01/1949 | 58 | 04/03/2007 | 28 |
 Leonid Yukhin Partisan commander | Partisan commander | Deceased | 02/09/1918 | 80 | 06/10/1998 | 59 |
Aleksandr Zvenigorskiy German officer | German officer | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Vladimir Rudyy German officer with black glasses | German officer with black glasses | Deceased | 28/11/1940 | 68 | 10/12/2008 | 37 |
Anatoli Chebotaryov German officer with glasses | German officer with glasses | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Vasili Kravtsov German officer | German officer | Deceased | 21/06/1916 | 80 | 16/12/1996 | 61 |
 Vladimir Tkalich German officer | German officer | Living | 08/07/1949 | 77 | — | 28 |
 Aleksandr Pyatkov German soldier, executioner | German soldier, executioner | Living | 31/07/1950 | 76 | — | 27 |
 Sergey Yurtaykin Cart driver | Cart driver | Deceased | 18/10/1927 | 91 | 14/11/2018 | 50 |
 Igor Bezyaev Soviet partisan | Soviet partisan | Deceased | 17/07/1922 | 71 | 08/12/1993 | 55 |
 Stanislav Borodokin Soviet partisan | Soviet partisan | Deceased | 23/10/1944 | 80 | 07/11/2024 | 33 |
 Stanislav Zhitaryov Soviet partisan | Soviet partisan | Living | 28/03/1946 | 80 | — | 31 |
Vadim Gusev Soviet partisan | Soviet partisan | Deceased | 25/02/1925 | 79 | 06/06/2004 | 52 |
 Aleksandra Kharitonova Soviet partisan with a child | Soviet partisan with a child | Deceased | 03/05/1922 | 87 | 18/07/2009 | 55 |
Gennadi Nenashev Matyushenko, Soviet partisan | Matyushenko, Soviet partisan | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Galina Bulkina Peasant woman | Peasant woman | Deceased | 25/03/1946 | 51 | 23/06/1997 | 31 |
 Mikhail Selyutin Collaborator | Collaborator | Deceased | 12/10/1940 | 75 | 26/05/2016 | 37 |
V. Sokolov Collaborationist policeman | Collaborationist policeman | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Sergei Kanishchev Boy wearing a budenovka | Boy wearing a budenovka | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Dima Buranov Child | Child | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Svetlana Kulkova Child | Child | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Marina Pchelintseva Child | Child | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| Living | 16/04/1946 | 80 | — | 31 | ||
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| Deceased | 04/01/1924 | 70 | 20/04/1994 | 53 | ||
| Living | 22/01/1957 | 69 | — | 20 | ||
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 Yevgeniy Markov German officer (uncredited) | German officer (uncredited) | Deceased | 23/02/1914 | 85 | 08/07/1999 | 63 |
