The Ascent
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Canada, United States · 1994
1h 36m
Director Donald Shebib
Starring Vincent Spano, Ben Cross, Tony Lo Bianco, Rachel Ward
Genre War, Adventure
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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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