The Ascent 2K Restored Edition

[Machine Translation] A masterpiece of anti-war cinema that uses poetic narration and vivid imagery to depict the emotional turmoil of two partisan soldiers captured by Nazi Germany. The film tells the story of war, absurdity and futility, the profundity and foolishness of human nature, and the dignity of life and death with outstanding direction. Directed by Larisa Shepitko, known as the greatest female Soviet director of all time. She has won acclaim for her one-of-a-kind style that thoroughly focuses on the inner struggles of the individual. The film won the Golden Bear at the 1977 Berlin International Film Festival, was named one of the "100 Best Films of All Time" by the British Film Institute in 2022, and has been gaining attention again in recent years. --1942, Belarus in the dead of winter under Nazi German occupation. A partisan squad flees into the woods after a firefight, dodging German pursuers. The soldiers Rybak and Sotnikov are sent to a nearby farm to gather food, but the farm has already been raided by the Germans and burned to the ground without a trace. They go further into the snow to the house of the village headman and his wife, where there is an abundance of food, and try to bring back some sheep from the farm, but they encounter the Germans. Commentary booklet enclosed.

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ナチス・ドイツに捕えられたパルチザン部隊の二人の兵士たちの揺れ動く心象を、詩的な語り口と鮮烈な映像で描く反戦映画の傑作。戦争と不条理と無益さ、人間の奥深さと愚かさ、そして生と死の尊厳めぐる物語を卓越した演出力で語りきる。監督はソビエトで最も偉大な女性監督として知られるラリーサ・シェピチコ。個人の内面の葛藤に徹底的に焦点を当て、唯一無二の作風で高い評価を獲得。本作は1977年ベルリン国際映画祭金熊賞を受賞した。2022年に英国映画協会が発表した"史上最高の映画ベスト100"にも選出され、近年再び注目が集まっている。2018年にリマスターされた2Kレストア版で国内初リリース! ――1942年、ナチス・ドイツ占領下の真冬のベラルーシ。パルチザン隊はドイツ軍の追手をかわしながら、銃撃戦の末に森の中へと逃げ込む。隊の兵士リューバクとソトニコフは食料調達のため近くの農場へ派遣されるが、農場はすでにドイツ軍の襲撃を受け跡形もなく焼き払われていた。雪の中をさらに進むと食料が豊富にある村長夫婦の家があり、その家で飼われていた羊を持ち帰ろうとするが、ドイツ軍と遭遇してしまう。 解説ブックレット封入。