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| Aleksey Kravchenko | ... | Flyora Gayshun | |
| Olga Mironova | ... | Glasha | |
| Liubomiras Laucevicius | ... | Kosach (as L. Lautsyavichius) | |
| Vladas Bagdonas | ... | Rubezh | |
| Jüri Lumiste | ... | Obersturmführer | |
| Viktors Lorencs | ... | Sturmbannführer (as V. Lorents) | |
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Kazimir Rabetsky | ... | Village Headman |
| Evgeniy Tilicheev | ... | Gezhel | |
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G. Velts | ... | German |
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V. Vasilyev | ||
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Aleksandr Berda | ... | Chief of Staff of the Partisan Detachment |
| Vasiliy Domrachyov | ... | Little Policeman | |
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Nina Evdokimova | ... | Mother |
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Igor Gnevashev | ... | (as I. Gnevashev) |
| Adolf Hitler | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
The feature film directed by Elem Klimov, shot in the genre of military drama. The action takes place on the territory of Belarus in 1943. In the center of the story is a Belarusian boy, who witnesses the horrors of the Nazi punitive action, turning from a cheerful teenager into a gray-haired old man for two days. Written by Peter-Patrick76 (peter-patrick@mail.com)
Elem Klimov and Aleksei Rodionov's handheld cinematography, present the viewer with the mental and physical destruction of a boy who changes in front of your eyes beyond recognition.
Cacophoneous, industrial sounds and sometimes cryptic story-elements (for as far as there is a story) contribute to this ruthlessly escalating history lesson about Nazi's who burned down hundreds of villages in 1943 in Russia. The realism makes you wonder how many people were harmed making the film, while the score represents the mindnumbing experiences of Florya, a tour-de-force performance by Aleksei Kravchenko (16 at the time). All along, somehow Klimov knows very well how to prevent the audience from becoming numb.
ILM's specialFX are smoother, but the FX here in 'Come and see' are so realistic, it's almost unreal: reminiscent of the first 30 min of Saving private Ryan, Thin red line (watch the animals), Apocalypse Now and the painstaking 'Band of brothers'. Indeed forget about the rest of 'SPR', Platoon and even Full Metal Jacket. However, I would like to recommend Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978) and Hotaru no haka (1988). But I never suspected there was something massive like this. 10/10