The Ascent The Criterion Collection DVD

Description: The Ascent (The Criterion Collection) [DVD] The crowning triumph of a career cut tragically short, Larisa Shepitko’s final film won the Golden Bear at the 1977 Berlin Film Festival and went on to be hailed as one of the finest works of late-Soviet cinema. In the darkest days of World War II, two partisans set out for supplies to sustain their beleaguered outfit, braving the blizzard-swept landscape of Nazi-occupied Belarus. When they fall into the hands of German forces and come face-to-face with death, each must choose between martyrdom and betrayal, in a spiritual ordeal that lifts the film’s earthy drama to the plane of religious allegory. With stark, visceral cinematography that pits blinding white snow against pitch-black despair, The Ascent finds poetry and transcendence in the harrowing trials of war. TWO-DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration • 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 Klimov • Two documentaries from 2012 about Shepitko’s life, work, and relationship with Klimov • Program from 1999 featuring an interview with Shepitko • New English subtitle translation • PLUS: An essay by poet Fanny Howe Shipping We offer FREE shipping on all orders! We ship within Three business days of payment, usually sooner. We use a selection of shipping services such as UPS, FedEx, USPS etc. We only ship to the lower 48 states, no APO/FPO addresses or PO Boxes allowed. Local pickups and combined shipping options are not provided at this time. Return You can return a product for up to 30 days from the date you purchased it. Any product you return must be in the same condition you received it and in the original packaging. Please keep the receipt. Payment We accept payment by any of the following methods:PayPalPlease pay as soon as possible after winning an auction, as that will allow us to post your item to you sooner! Feedback Customer satisfaction is very important to us. If you have any problem with your order, please contact us and we will do our best to make you satisfied. Contact Us If you have any queries, please contact us via ebay. We usually respond within 24 hours on weekdays. Please visit our eBay store to check out other items for sale! Thank you for shopping at our store.

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