The Ascent
Genre:
Adventure, War
Countries:
Canada, USA
Release Date: September 15, 1994
Year: 1994
Runtime:1h 36min
IMDb Rating:
A highly fictionalized real-life adventure of an Italian soldier who escapes a British prisoner-of-war camp to climb the challenging 17,000-foot Mt. Kenya and plant the Italian flag on the summit. The obsessive British camp commander pursues him, and the two men are locked in a battle of wills, fueled by honor and their love for the same woman.
Vincent Spano
, Ben Cross
, Tony Lo Bianco
, Rachel Ward
, Mark Ingall
, John De Veillers
, Joe Valadez
, Jon Freeman
, Rico Vanden Hurck
, Kenneth Mason
, Nigel Kynaston
, Rodrigo S. Lacruz
, Leslie Cardillo
, Rory McGuinness
, Asiba Asiba