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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, .. Read more

Starring	Alexei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Lauciavicius
Director	Elem Klimov
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama, World Cinema

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- A searing antiwar drama that begins with a young boy laughing and playing as he goes off to fight, and ends with him totally traumatised by what he has seen. It ranks with Tarkovsky's Ivan's Childhood as one of the best Russian movies reflecting on
- 39181
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:46
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  Come and See
  
  Utter, mind blowlingly boring, stylistic rubbish!
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - filmcriticextroadinaire
  - 11 reviews
  - Hove
  - 07 Dec 2007 at 13:23
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  Come and watch this gem
  
  Forget Steven Spielberg's easy blockbusters and watch a movie about the second world war for grown ups with a brain.
  
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- - BilouteinLondon
  - 1 review
  - LONDON
  - 10 Jan 2012 at 10:10
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  - 3
  Come and See
  
  Not sure what to expect when I got this. Bemusing film that covered a lot of ground but didn't really lead the viewer through it. I was not sure really of ... read more »
  
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- - pdpdpd
  - 7 reviews
  - south east
  - 03 Dec 2011 at 22:34
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  - 0
  Seas of despair in the eyes of a child
  
  Come and see can be best described as a harrowing account of the depravity of war. Its honesty is so shocking, its depiction of the entrails of war is so brutal... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - LeonHarper
  - 49 reviews
  - At the movies
  - 18 Nov 2011 at 10:51
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  You either like it or don't, but I did
  
  This is definitely one of my favourite films after watching it for the first time even though I had never heard of it but through recommendation from an amazon ... read more »
  
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- - lucpicard
  - 24 reviews
  - Blackburn
  - 08 Nov 2011 at 16:36
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  A tough watch...
  
  Starts bleak and gets bleaker. Not one to rent 'on spec' but I'd wanted to see it since it appears on lists of 'best war films'. Little in ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 13 Oct 2011 at 10:20
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  - 1
  Appalling dubbing ruins film
  
  Only managed 10 minutes of this. Was really looking forward to it, but the English dubbing is so bad it's painful. One of the characters sounded like ... read more »
  
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- - moviemark
  - 3 reviews
  - Harlow
  - 08 Oct 2011 at 14:12
- - 0
  - 5
  Super sized poverty
  
  If you watch this film, regardless of reading how bad it is then make sure you watch it in a locked room away from anything you can kill yourself with, because ... read more »
  
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- - Cenowski
  - 4 reviews
  - 05 Aug 2011 at 15:29
- - 6
  - 0
  Not like the usual war film.
  
  This is truly a good film. Certainly portrays the darker side of war. Sort of film that kids should be made to watch to show them that war is not all they see ... read more »
  
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  - Jasonwsm
  - 9 reviews
  - westonsupermare
  - 15 Jul 2011 at 12:18
- - 5
  - 0
  Very tough, but very rewarding
  
  Personally for me this is a masterpiece, but without a doubt this is a very hard watch indeed, and you definetely need to be in the right mood to watch it, ... read more »
  
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  - 28 Jun 2011 at 20:22
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  Incredibly moving and powerful film.
  
  This is possibly one of the most moving and powerful films i've watched. Based on the personal experiences of a belorussian the film is both haunting and ... read more »
  
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- - Drwatson
  - 17 reviews
  - Skegness
  - 27 Jun 2011 at 17:44
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- - 132
  - 58
  Come and See
  
  Utter, mind blowlingly boring, stylistic rubbish!
  
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- 501950
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - filmcriticextroadinaire
  - 11 reviews
  - Hove
  - 07 Dec 2007 at 13:23
- - 60
  - 6
  One of the greatest of all war films
  
  One of the greatest of all war films, Klimov's stunning work stands amongst such works in which the horror and sorrow of conflict are made fresh over again ... read more »
  
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- - Film Flaneur
  - The Western Front, London
  - 19 Feb 2006 at 22:11
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  Watch and Remember
  
  Is Come and See the best war film ever made? I don't know, but it must be up there somewhere in the premier league. It is not about macho heroics; it is ... read more »
  
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- - PeterSays
  - 105 reviews
  - Romsey
  - 25 May 2007 at 11:25
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  - 2
  The madness of war
  
  The horror and madness of war are seen through the eyes of a young boy who enlists in the Russian army during the 2nd World War. This almost relentlessly grim ... read more »
  
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- - GreenwichPaul
  - 49 reviews
  - London
  - 17 May 2007 at 17:48
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  come and see
  
  a laudable premise let down by poor dialogue,script,screenplay,acting and direction.Marginally better than banging your head against the wall,this film is what ... read more »
  
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- - evilc
  - 1 review
  - Nottingham
  - 10 Jan 2008 at 22:47
- - 11
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  The horror, the horror...
  
  This film is based on, and centred around, the real life experiences of a 13 year old boy who joined the Russian partisans in Belarus in 1943 at a time when the... read more »
  
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  - LeightonJonesy
  - 17 reviews
  - Hastings
  - 15 Nov 2010 at 14:33
- - 10
  - 2
  Comer and See... and be understanding
  
  Let's make it clear from the start: the film is terrible to watch.
  
  But it's terrible in more than one way, and some of this terror is well ... read more »
  
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- - Greg Drymer
  - London
  - 09 Jan 2008 at 04:19
- - 9
  - 1
  Bar none, the best inspection of war on film.
  
  WW2 brought about many atrocities, on both the side of the Axis and the Allies. In Europe those abhorrent actions have been often documented, but over the '... read more »
  
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- - DTurley
  - 10 reviews
  - Trowbridge
  - 18 Aug 2006 at 10:05
- - 9
  - 1
  One of the great films of the Russian Patriotic War
  
  The film defaults to English dubbing - DO NOT USE THIS, it is an appalling American dubbing but go to the set-up for English sub-titles ... read more »
  
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- - David Nissen
  - London
  - 29 Jan 2007 at 16:03
- - 8
  - 0
  Amazing film not for the weak of stomach
  
  Perhaps one of the greatest war films ever made, it is however extremely graphic. Though this works well for Come and See, it is even more visually disturbing ... read more »
  
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  - London, UK
  - 11 Dec 2005 at 22:48

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Critics' reviews
- A searing antiwar drama that begins with a young boy laughing and playing as he goes off to fight, and ends with him totally traumatised by what he has seen. It ranks with Tarkovsky's Ivan's Childhood as one of the best Russian movies reflecting on
- 39181
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:46
- 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...
- 40481
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- Soviet Belorussia, near the Polish border, 1943. Florya, a young partisan, left behind as his unit moves to prepare for... read more on Time Out
- 49217
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19
- This is war as Hollywood could never portray
- 40480
- - Empire
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25

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  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 ...