Cast: Aleksei Kravchenko (Florya Gaishun), Olga Mironova (Glasha), Liubomiras Lauciavicius (Kosach)
Director: Elem Klimov
Genre: Foreign/ War/ Drama
This Russian film was the best example of a realistic war movie I’ve ever seen. The acting was extraordinarily well done and the use of real ammunition and war weaponry added to its realistic nature. The emotions of the actors were strong in this film. It displays a talent I don’t think Hollywood can reproduce. A Russian boy, during the Second World War, fights in a resistance group against the invading Germans as they try to conquer Russia. He enters the resistance against the wishes of his mother. When he comes back to look for her, he discovers that the Germans have killed everyone in his village, including his mother and siblings. As he travels with his resistance in various missions against the Germans, the horrific scenes of war causes him to lose both his innocence and his mind. His hatred for Hitler and the Germans grow with every murder he witnesses. It is a grim movie but definitely realistic in the strict sense of the word. It is the best foreign film and war film I have ever come across. I can’t think of a good enough way to describe the intensity of the story line, cinematography, and acting. It’s better explained when one sees this movie for themselves. The drama and reality behind war is well documented. Also, the horrors behind the reality of the attempted German occupation of Russia are portrayed very well. Being a Russian film, there are subtitles. Come and See may disturb viewers because of its realistic war scenes.
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