Come And See (with English subtitles). Part 2 (episode 5 of 8).
Come and See (Russian: "Иди и смотри", Idi i smotri) is a 1985 Soviet war movie/psychological horror directed by Elem Klimov and starring Aleksei Kravchenko and Olga Mironova in the leading roles. The film is set in 1943 in various villages in Belarus during the Nazi occupation.
The screenplay was written by Ales Adamovich in collaboration with Elem Klimov. The words Come and See ("Иди и смотри" in Russian) quote from The Apocalypse of John, chapter 6, ...and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, "Come and see!" (In Russian: "...и я услышал одно из четырех животных, говорящее как бы громовым голосом: иди и смотри.")
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Description:
A feature by Elem Klimov made from the script by Ales Adamovich. It was released in 1985 and ranks among the most horrifying war films. It`s not only about the war of 1941-1945 exactly, but about any war, its devastating force sweeping away the natural course of things. The film is based upon documental facts and `The Khatyn Story` by Ales Adamovich. The authors describe the place and events which became a symbol of national tragedy. The hero of the film is Flyora, a sixteen-year-old boy that turned to the woods to help the partisans. At the beginning he is just a kid. Then he lives through the horror of the Nazi executions and becomes amazingly grown-up, and even old. The war had distorted the once tender childish facial features - it`s all wrinkles now. The altered face of Flyora is the face of War. The authors were so true-to-life, uncompromising and austere as to portray in the centre of the film not some grown-up man, but an unexperie nced kid with his childhood still here.
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Crew:
Director: Elem Klimov.
Script: Ales Adamovich, Elem Klimov.
Camera: Alexey Rodionov.
Music by: Oleg Yanchenko.
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Cast:
Alexey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Lyubomiras Lautsyavitchus, Vladas Bagdonas, Yurs Lumiste, Victor Lorents, Kazimir Rabetsky, Evgheniy Tilicheev, Alexander Berda.
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Awards
* Grand Special Prize at the All-Union FF, 1986.
* Prize of the All-Union FF for camera work, 1986.
* Prize of the All-Union FF for sound work, 1986.
* Prize of the All-Union FF to the composer, 1986.
Elem Klimov did not make any more films after this one, leading some critics to speculate as to why. In 2001, Klimov said: "I lost interest in making films ... Everything that was possible I felt I had already done".
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From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_and_See
and Russian Cinema Counsil: http://www.ruscico.com/dvd.php?lang=en&dvd=50
Author: GalaBiR
Keywords: Иди смотри война СССР партизаны Германия фашизм Come and see War WW2 USSR Germany
Added: February 1, 2008
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