The Ascent

War, Adventure

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Donald Shebib

Status Released

Release Date 1994-09-15

Storyline

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.