Come and See (Russian: Иди и Ñ Ð¼Ð¾Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¸, Idi i smotri;
Belarusian: Ідзі Ñ– Ð³Ð»Ñ Ð´Ð·Ñ–, Idzi i hliadzi) is a 1985 Soviet
anti-war film. Directed by Elem Klimov and starring Aleksei Kravchenko
and Olga Mironova, its screenplay, written by Klimov and Ales
Adamovich, is based on the 1975 book I Am from the Fiery Village
(original title: Я з вогненнай вÑ'Ñ ÐºÑ–, Ja z vonhniennaj
vioski, 1975), of which Adamovich was a co-author.The film's plot
focuses on the Nazi German occupation of Belarus, and the events as
witnessed by a young Belarusian partisan teenager named Flyora,
whoâ€"against his mother's wishesâ€"joins the Belarusian resistance
movement, and thereafter depicts the Nazi atrocities and human
suffering inflicted upon the Eastern European villages' populace. The
film mixes hyper-realism with an underlying surrealism, and
philosophical existentialism with poetical, psychological, political
and apocalyptic themes.Come and See received generally positive
critical reception upon release, and received the FIPRESCI prize at
the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. It has since come to be
considered one of the greatest films ever made. Come and See had to
fight eight years of censorship from the Soviet authorities, before
the film was finally allowed to be produced in its entirety.
Belarusian: Ідзі Ñ– Ð³Ð»Ñ Ð´Ð·Ñ–, Idzi i hliadzi) is a 1985 Soviet
anti-war film. Directed by Elem Klimov and starring Aleksei Kravchenko
and Olga Mironova, its screenplay, written by Klimov and Ales
Adamovich, is based on the 1975 book I Am from the Fiery Village
(original title: Я з вогненнай вÑ'Ñ ÐºÑ–, Ja z vonhniennaj
vioski, 1975), of which Adamovich was a co-author.The film's plot
focuses on the Nazi German occupation of Belarus, and the events as
witnessed by a young Belarusian partisan teenager named Flyora,
whoâ€"against his mother's wishesâ€"joins the Belarusian resistance
movement, and thereafter depicts the Nazi atrocities and human
suffering inflicted upon the Eastern European villages' populace. The
film mixes hyper-realism with an underlying surrealism, and
philosophical existentialism with poetical, psychological, political
and apocalyptic themes.Come and See received generally positive
critical reception upon release, and received the FIPRESCI prize at
the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. It has since come to be
considered one of the greatest films ever made. Come and See had to
fight eight years of censorship from the Soviet authorities, before
the film was finally allowed to be produced in its entirety.
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