The Ascent (1994)
1h 36m
Running Time
September 15, 1994Release Date
The Ascent (1994)
1h 36m
Running Time
September 15, 1994Release Date
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Plot.
The real-life adventure of a dashing Italian soldier who escapes a British prisoner-of-war camp because he dreams of climbing 17,000-foot Mt. Kenya and planting the Italian flag at the summit. The obsessive British camp commander pursues him, and the two men are locked in a battle of wills, fuelled by honor and their love for the same woman.
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Cast & Crew.
Vincent Spano
Franco Distassi
Ben Cross
Major Farrell
Tony Lo Bianco
Aldo
Rachel Ward
Patricia
Mark Ingall
Sergeant Thomas
John De Veillers
Major Quinn
Jon Freeman
Paulo
Joe Valadez
Guido
Rico Vanden Hurck
Kirst
Kenneth Mason
Stewart
Nigel Kynaston
Carlo
Donald Shebib
Director
Felice Benuzzi
Writer
David Wiltse
Writer
Njeri Karago
Producer
Robert Halmi Jr.
Executive Producer
Irwin Fisch
Composer
David Connell
Cinematographer
Ron Wisman
Editor
Lynn Kressel
CastingDirector
Michael Baugh
ProductionDesigner
Tim Harbert
Associate Producer
Robert C. Bantle
Executive Producer
Thomas Molito
Executive Producer
Details.
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Wiki.
The Ascent is a 1994 American war adventure film directed by Donald Shebib. The film is an adaptation of a memoir by a then Italian prisoner of war in 1942 British East Africa who challenges his English captor in a climb of Mount Kenya.