Idi i smotri (1985)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Elem Klimov

Writers:

Ales Adamovich (screenplay)
Ales Adamovich (stories)
(more)

Release Date:

17 October 1985 (Hungary)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

A boy is unwillingly thrust into the atrocities of war in WWII Byelorussia, fighting for a hopelessly...

Plot Keywords:

Byelorussia | Boy | Atrocity | WWII | Airplane

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Aleksei Kravchenko	...	Florya Gaishun (as A. Kravchenko)
Olga Mironova	...	Glasha (as O. Mironova)
Liubomiras Lauciavicius	...	Kosach (as L. Lautsyavichius)
Vladas Bagdonas		(as V. Bagdonas)
Jüri Lumiste
Viktor Lorents		(as V. Lorents)
Kazimir Rabetsky		(as K. Rabetsky)
Yevgeni Tilicheyev		(as Ye. Tilicheyev)
Aleksandr Berda		(as A. Berda)
G. Velts
V. Vasilyev
Igor Gnevashev		(as I. Gnevashev)
Vasili Domrachyov		(as V. Domrachyov)
G. Yelkin
Ye. Kryzhanovsky
N. Lisichenok
Vladimir Manayev		(as V. Manayev)
Takhir Matyullin		(as T. Matyulin)
Pyotr Merkuryev		(as P. Merkuryev)
Valentin Mishatkin		(as V. Mishatkin)
G. Matytsky
Yevgeniya Polyakova		(as Ye. Polyakova)
Anatoli Slivnikov		(as A. Slivnikov)
Georgi Strokov		(as G. Strokov)
Tatyana Shestakova		(as T. Shestakova)
Oleg Shapko		(as O. Shapko)

Directed by
Elem Klimov		(as E. Klimov)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ales Adamovich		screenplay (as A. Adamovich)
Ales Adamovich		stories (as A. Adamovich)
Elem Klimov		screenplay (as E. Klimov)

Original Music by
Oleg Yanchenko		(as O. Yanchenko)

Cinematography by
Aleksei Rodionov		(as A. Rodionov)

Film Editing by
Valeriya Belova		(as V. Belova)

Production Design by
Viktor Petrov		(as V. Petrov)

Art Direction by
Viktor Petrov		(as V. Petrov)

Set Decoration by
Viktor Petrov		(as V. Petrov)

Costume Design by
Eleonora Semyonova		(as E. Semyonova)

Makeup Department
V. Bolotnikov	....	makeup artist
S. Mikhlina	....	makeup artist
A. Zhurba	....	makeup artist

Production Management
S. Tereshchenko	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
N. Grakina	....	assistant director
I. Levandovskaya	....	assistant director
Afanasi Trishkin	....	assistant director (as A. Trishkin)

Sound Department
Viktor Mors	....	sound engineer (as V. Mors)

Special Effects by
N. Andreyev	....	pyrotechnician
Ya. Goldman	....	pyrotechnician
Albert Rudachenko	....	special effects coordinator (as A. Rudachenko)
V. Zemnokha	....	pyrotechnician
Viktor Zhanov	....	special effects operator (as V. Zhanov)

Camera and Electrical Department
B. Galper	....	camera operator
K. Klimin	....	assistant camera
N. Zuyev	....	assistant camera

Music Department
Mina Blank	....	music editor (as M. Blank)

Other crew
P. Gutenko	....	military advisor
Anatoli Kudryavtsev	....	script supervisor (as A. Kudryavtsev)
Yu. Oksachenko	....	trainee production administrator
V. Ponochevnyi	....	production administrator
Ada Repina	....	script supervisor (as A. Repina)
Z. Rogozovskaya	....	production administrator

Production Companies

• Mosfilm
• Belarusfilm

Distributors

• Sovexportfilm (1985) (worldwide) (all media)
• Divisa Home Video (2008) (Spain) (DVD)
• Empresa Hispanoamericana de Video (EHV) (????) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Globo Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• Happinet (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
• Icestorm Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• International Film Exchange (IFEX) (1987) (USA) (subtitled)
• International Visual Corporation (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• Kino Video (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Lume Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• New Star (2009) (Greece) (all media)
• Njutafilms (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• RUSCICO (2004) (worldwide) (DVD)
• Sandrew Film & Teater (1986) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Seagull Films (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Shochiku-Fuji Company (1987) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Unidoc (1987) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb (1986) (East Germany) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

Иди и смотри (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Come and See (USA)
Go and See
Ela na deis (Greece) [el]
Gå och se (Sweden) [sv]
Geh und sieh (East Germany) [de]
Gel ve gör (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Idz i patrz (Poland) [pl]
Kom en zie (Netherlands) [nl]
Komm und sieh' (West Germany) [de]
Masacre (ven y mira) (Spain) [es]
Requiem pour un massacre (France) [fr]
Tule ja katso (Finland) [fi]
Vá e Veja (Brazil) [pt]
Va et regarde (France) (TV title) [fr]
Va' e vedi (Italy) [it]
Ven y mira (Spain) [es]

Runtime:

142 min | Argentina:146 min | Germany:146 min | USA:140 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Belarusian | Russian | German

Color:

Black and White (archive footage) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:15 | France:U | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16

Company:

Mosfilm

Trivia:

Filmed in chronological sequence.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Several Germans can be see wielding MP or STG 44's which were not in service until summer 1944 (this film is set in 1943).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Lacrimosa

unremitting graphical terror and accumulating atrocities

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