Come and See (1985)

Come and See rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.3/10· 119K votes

Rotten Tomatoes90%

TMDb8.2/10· 2K votes

With 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.3/10 on IMDb, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Come and See

The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.

Cast of Come and See

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  Aleksei Kravchenko

  as Flyora Gayshun

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  Olga Mironova

  as Glasha

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  Liubomiras Laucevičius

  as Kosach

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  Vladas Bagdonas

  as Rubezh

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  Jüri Lumiste

  as Obersturmführer

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  Viktors Lorencs

  as Sturmbannführer

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  Kazimir Rabetsky

  as Village Headman

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  Yevgeni Tilicheyev

  as Gezhel

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  Aleksandr Berda

  as Chief of Staff of the Partisan Detachment

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  G. Velts

  as Medical NCO

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  Viktor Vasiliev

  as German

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  Igor Gnevashev

  as Jew

Come and See facts

Original title

Иди и смотри

Budget

$5M

Box office

$20.9M

Our take on Come and See

Elem Klimov's 1985 Soviet masterpiece follows a boy swept into the horror of the Nazi occupation of Belarus, his innocence stripped away in scenes of unbearable, hallucinatory dread. Harrowing and unforgettable, it's perhaps the most devastating war film ever made. If its raw power and moral force gripped you, seek out unflinching war dramas that refuse to look away from atrocity and its human cost.