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Come and See

Movie · 1985 · 146 min

A slow, immersive plunge into wartime horror that leaves you shaken, hollowed out, and unable to look away.

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1985 film by Elem Klimov
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Year
1985
Runtime
146 min
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • violence
  • death
  • trauma
  • survival
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror9
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension9
Darkness10
Complexity7
Emotional weight10

Details

Genres
tragedy, drama, war, thriller, partisan
Directed by
Elem Klimov
Written by
Elem Klimov, Ales Adamovich
Starring
Aleksei Kravchenko, Liubomiras Laucevičius
Music
Oleg Yanchenko
Cinematography
Aleksey Rodionov
Runtime
146 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
German, Russian, Belarusian

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