★ 8.4
1985
USSR
142 min
Come and See
“War is not a place for the living.”
Directed by Elem Klimov
A Belarusian boy joins the Soviet resistance against Nazi forces and is devastated by the mounting horrors of World War II.
Starring
Aleksei KravchenkoOlga MironovaLiubomiras LaucevičiusVladas BagdonasJüri LumisteViktors LorencsKazimir RabetskyYevgeni Tilicheyev
Music — Oleg Yanchenko
Cinematography — Alexey Rodionov
Screenplay — Elem Klimov
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The Plague
A thematic echo of this film — read alongside it, not adapted from it.
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