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Perhaps the ultimate WWII film. With haunting imagery, this stark testimonial to the madness nad grief of war recounts the nightmarish journeys of an adolescent boy during the Nazi occupation of Byelorussia. Elem Klimov's stunning COME AND SEE is a relentlessly brutal condemnation of war hidden in the guise of a surrealistic coming-of-age nightmare. A physically and emotionally draining viewing experience, the film follows Florya (played brilliantly by Alexei Kravchenko), a 12-year-old boy living in 1943 Byelorussia. When he digs up an abandoned gun, Florya gleefully signs up with the Russian Army, looking forward to life as a soldier. But that fantasy rapidly deteriorates when the reality of the situation confronts him head-on. Abandoned by his fellow comrades, he stumbles across the weeping Glasha (Olga Mironova), a pretty teenager who has also been left behind. Together, the pair returns to Florya's village only to discover that everyone has been slaughtered--Florya's mother and younger sisters included. The journey continues as Florya embarks on a mission to find food for the stranded inhabitants of a neighboring village. He eventually lands in the middle of another German massacre, where the animalistic Nazis stuff the Russians into a barn and torch it, obliterating Florya's innocence completely. Klimov's unflinching masterpiece is all the more affecting because of the beauty of its imagery. Working on a variety of levels, COME AND SEE speaks both as personal statement and broad metaphor, making it a timeless, unforgettable achievement. Produced Mosfilm and Belarusfilm. Come And See Reviews: "...[A] powerful war film....The director has elicited an excellent performance form his central actor Kravchenko..."
-- Mark Le Fanu, Sight and Sound "...The history is harrowing and the presentation is graphic....Powerful material, powerfully rendered..."
-- Walter Goodman, New York Times "...Klimov alternates the horrors of war with occasional fairy tale-like images; together they imbue the film with an unapologetically disturbing quality that persists long after the credits roll..."
-- Daneet Steffens, Entertainment Weekly "Klimov's astonishing war movie combines intense lyricism with the kind of violent bloodletting that would make even Sam Peckinpah pause."
-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound
This is the only Alexei Kravchenko video. Stars also making their debut in this video: Liubomiras Lauciavicius, Olga Mironova. Come And See | List Price | $24.95 (You save $5.40) | | Studio | Kino on Video | | Orig Year | 1985 | | All Time Sales Rank |  5665  | | CD Universe Part number | 6247353 | | Catalog number | 3172 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 02, 2003 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | Idi I Smotri; Come & See | | Running Time | 142 Minutes | | Additional Info | Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Subtitled |
Come And See Movie Review Average Rating: (4.2 out of 5 stars)  Come and See
It was a wonderful movie two weeks ago. About deaf boy serviced as partisan against the German soldiers invaded in Byelorussia during W.W.II last 1943. Hope I would like to order another one as possible as soon as possible. Thanks.
Submitted by vincent3162002 (Steger,Il, USA) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. The war thru a Russian film makers eye.
Stark and brutal. It was interesting how the russian director and film crew captured the feelings of the star, in your face straight away for 10 seconds. American directors would have shot that mood from an angle, a little more detached. The movie portrays it pretty much as it was "Stark and Brutal"
Submitted by dhermann4 (Killeen, TX)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  Best war film ever in the whole universe
This film is my favoirte war film i have ever seen in my life. I have seen this film in past but I still had to order in to watch again. We see a little kid who dreamed to be a solider and he experience the terrors coming from human nature. This is film but topic is not only film either. Beatiful cinema screen and sounds also.
Recommended to see this once in yr life.
Submitted by ay (melbourne australia)
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 the best film ever in the whole universe ever!
I say this is the best film I have seen in my life so far. Very dark, harsh, melancolic, solumn, but beautiful. You see the boy who wanted to be a solider with his hope and smiles but the reality is not something he expected. Sound and music score is truely amazing
Submitted by ai (melbourne)
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Brutal and Brilliant
Devoid of any sort of Hollywood morality, this shows the horrors of war brilliantly and brutally.
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