Come and See [1985 film]
by Elem Klimov (Director)
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As Nazi forces encroach on his small village in Belorussia, teenage Flyora eagerly joins the Soviet resistance. Rather than the adventure and glory he envisioned, what he finds is a waking nightmare of unimaginable carnage and cruelty. Nearly blocked from being made by Soviet censors, who took seven years to approve its script, is perhaps the most visceral, impossible-to-forget antiwar film ever made.Tags
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Nell'Urss appena occupata dai nazisti, Florya, un quattordicenne stupidotto che passa le giornate a scavare sulla sabbia e a recuperare armi di guerra sotterrate dai partigiani, decide di unirsi alla resistenza. Troppo piccolo per combattere, viene abbandonato a se stesso insieme ad una ragazza. Ma insieme a lei, una volta tornati al villaggio e scoperta una tremenda rappresaglia contro tutti i suoi abitanti, diventa un testimone delle barbarie naziste contro la popolazione Russa e del genocidio. Riuscito, dopo diverse torture, a riunirsi all'esercito Sovietico nel quale voleva combattere, e oramai deciso a lottare e a vendicare la sua famiglia, non avrà tuttavia il coraggio di sparare al ritratto di Hitler da bambino.
Klimov, capo show more della organizzazione statale sovietica dei registi Russi, firma un capolavoro della perdita dell'innocenza in guerra. Un progetto pensato per anni, più volte annunciato e abortito per il rischio delle censure, ed infine realizzato pochi anni prima del crollo dell'Unione Sovietica. show less
Klimov, capo show more della organizzazione statale sovietica dei registi Russi, firma un capolavoro della perdita dell'innocenza in guerra. Un progetto pensato per anni, più volte annunciato e abortito per il rischio delle censure, ed infine realizzato pochi anni prima del crollo dell'Unione Sovietica. show less
Oct 13, 2017 (Edited)Italian
A rare look at World War II from the Soviet side, Come and See is based on the real-life experiences of Ales Adamovich, who fought with Russian partisans in Belarus in 1943, when the Nazis systematically torched over 600 villages and slaughtered their inhabitants. Adamovich and director Elem Klimov co-authored the screenplay, which shows the horrors through the eyes of a 13-year-old peasant boy named Florya (Alexei Kravchenko). Over his single mother's protests, he joins the partisans, but they leave him behind in their camp when they set off to fight the Germans. Glascha (Olga Mironova), a lovely young girl, befriends him, but the two are caught in the midst of an air raid which leaves Florya nearly deaf. Now utterly frightened, Florya show more and Glascha return to his village to find it in ruins, and, in one of the film's many harrowing scenes, they wade through a swamp to locate the survivors. Now committed to seek vengeance for the death of his mother and neighbors, Florya returns to the front, but finds himself in a village that's right in the path of the Nazi firestorm. A band of partisans arrive too late to save the village but in time to capture and mete out justice to several of the Nazi officers. Awarded the Grand Prix at the 1985 Moscow Film Festival, Come and See is notable as an honest and unflinching portrait of one of the darker chapters among many in the history of the World War II. (fonte: barnesandnoble) show less
Mar 26, 2020Italian
It is the war year 1943 in Belarus. Florja, even more child than teenager, wants to fight against the German occupiers and joins the partisans. He experiences all the brutality of war when the Germans carry out a punishment and burn the inhabitants of a village, men, women and children, alive in a barn. Elem Klimov's film was inspired by a massacre that the Germans perpetrated in the village of Chatyn: there on March 22, 1943, 149 people were burned by the SS storm brigade Dirlewanger, including 75 children under 16 years old. The film is a requiem for all victims of war. (fonte: Imdh)
Dec 11, 2025Italian
Protagonista della dolorosa vicenda è un ragazzo di sedici anni, originario della Bielorussia, che vive la seconda guerra mondiale con lo strazio di un'adolescenza sprecata e la ferma convinzione che chi uccide deve pagare, perché nessuno ha il diritto di togliere la vita a un altro essere umano. Buon film russo girato sul nascere della Perestrojka. (fonte: Mymovies)
Jul 5, 2020Italian
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Fiora, jeune garçon d'un village de Biélorussie occupé par les troupes nazies, s'engage, bien que trop jeune, chez les partisans. Il va découvrir l'amour, la fraternité, la souffrance, la guerre. (fonte: Imaj)
May 18, 2025Italian
Die Handlung spielt in der Weißrussischen Sowjetrepublik im Jahre 1943. Die Hauptfigur des Films, der Jugendliche Florian, genannt Fljora, geht gegen den Willen seiner Mutter zu den Partisanen. Als er sich ihnen anschließt, sind das Leben im Wald und der Kampf gegen die Besatzer für Fljora noch ein großes Abenteuer. Doch im Laufe des Films erlebt der Junge ein Martyrium... (fonte: Wikipedia)
Apr 23, 2020Italian
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- Come and See [1985 film]
- Original title
- Иди и смотри
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- Idzi i hliadzi
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- 1985-07-10; 1985
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- Belarusian; Russian; German
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