This film is part of our WINTER SERIES 'You Want It Darker.'
The legendary film by Soviet filmmaker Elem Klimov that confronts the all-encompassing, devastating evil of Nazi terror. It doesn't get darker than this.
When Nazi troops attack a small village in present-day Belarus, fifteen-year-old Florya (Aleksey Kravchenko) joins the local resistance forces. Far from the adventure he imagined, he is quickly faced with the harsh realities of war. Through his eyes, we witness the unimaginable violence inflicted upon the region and its people.
In Come and See, Klimov employs every cinematic tool to create an almost physical experience of war and violence. He saw the film as a necessary testimony—a testament to "the immense tragedy inflicted on an entire people, a record of war, which is hell."
The harrowing, purgative images of hatred and destruction linger for days. A truly monumental anti-war film.