Desc: The Ascent: Directed by Donald Shebib. With Vincent Spano, Ben Cross, Tony Lo Bianco, Rachel Ward. 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.