The Ascent
96 mins
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.
Mark Ingall
Sergeant Thomas
John De Veillers
Major Quinn
Joe Valadez
Guido
Jon Freeman
Paulo
Rico Vanden Hurck
Kirst
Kenneth Mason
Stewart
Nigel Kynaston
Carlo
Tim Harbert
Associate Producer
Robert C. Bantle
Executive Producer
Felice Benuzzi
Novel
Thomas Molito
Executive Producer
Ron Wisman
Editor
David Connell
Director of Photography
Robert Halmi Jr.
Executive Producer
Irwin Fisch
Original Music Composer
David Wiltse
Screenplay
Njeri Karago
Producer
Michael Baugh
Production Design
Larry Hochman
Orchestrator