The Ascent
movie
Released September 15, 1994
Overview
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.
Cast
Vincent Spano
as
Franco Distassi
Ben Cross
as
Major Farrell
Tony Lo Bianco
as
Aldo
Rachel Ward
as
Patricia
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Mark Ingall
as
Sergeant Thomas
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John De Veillers
as
Major Quinn
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Joe Valadez
as
Guido
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Jon Freeman
as
Paulo
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Rico Vanden Hurck
as
Kirst
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Kenneth Mason
as
Stewart
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Nigel Kynaston
as
Carlo
Crew
Donald Shebib
as
Director
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David Wiltse
as
Screenplay
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Felice Benuzzi
as
Novel
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Njeri Karago
as
Producer
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Tim Harbert
as
Associate Producer
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Robert C. Bantle
as
Executive Producer
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Robert Halmi Jr.
as
Executive Producer
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Thomas Molito
as
Executive Producer
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Irwin Fisch
as
Original Music Composer
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David Connell
as
Director of Photography
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Ron Wisman
as
Editor
Lynn Kressel
as
Casting