Who Am I
Come And See Lyrics

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I was building my amour so I could fit in
To avoid any drama I would shut my mouth, I hid
I was lost in the ruins of who I thought I should be
I forgot I was human, I must set my body free

They don't recognise when I'm being honest
'Cause I wasn't before
No, they may not like it but I'm not sorry

That's who I am
No, I've got nothing left to hide, hide
I'm comfortable with what's inside, side (that's who I am)
You think you've known me all this time, time
But the real me is mine, mine (that's who I am)
That's who I am

When I look in the mirror
I finally like what I see
There's been so many changes
I accept they're a part of me

They don't recognize when I'm being honest
Because I wasn't before
No, they may not like it but I'm not sorry

That's who I am
No, I've got nothing left to hide, hide
I'm comfortable with what's inside, side (that's who I am)
You think you've known me all this time, time
But the real me is mine, mine (that's who I am)

That's who I am
That's who I am
Don't recognize me, hey

That's who I am
No I've got nothing left to hide, hide
I'm comfortable with what's inside, side (that's who I am)
You think you've known me all this time, time
But the real me is mine, mine (that's who I am)

I'm ready to drop my armor
It will make me stronger
Drop my armor
That's who I am

I'm ready to drop my armor
It will make me stronger

Drop my armor
That's who I am

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Come And See's song Who am I portray the journey of self-acceptance of an individual who has always hidden behind a façade to fit in with society. The individual is tired of pretending to be someone they are not and puts up a front to avoid any drama. However, they realize that building this armor around themselves to protect their true self was not the right choice. They understand that they have lost themselves in trying to fit in and must set themselves free to embrace their true identity.

The lyrics progress to the point where the individual accepts the changes that have taken place within them as a part of who they are. They are finally at peace with their true self, regardless of whether anyone likes it or not. The chorus emphasizes that the true self is finally out, and there is nothing to hide. Instead, this person is comfortable with their true identity and is ready to drop the armor they once wore.

The lyrics ultimately conclude that dropping the armor will only make the individual stronger because they are finally accepting their true self, and it's a powerful moment of liberation.

Line by Line Meaning

I was building my amour so I could fit in
I pretended to be someone else just to be accepted by others and fit in with them

To avoid any drama I would shut my mouth, I hid
I kept quiet to avoid confrontation and hid my true self to avoid being judged or criticized by others

I was lost in the ruins of who I thought I should be
I became confused and unsure of myself while trying to live up to the expectations of others

I forgot I was human, I must set my body free
I lost touch with my emotions and physical needs and must reclaim my humanity to be true to myself

They don't recognise when I'm being honest
Others are suspicious or doubtful of my authenticity or sincerity

'Cause I wasn't before
My past behavior has made it hard for others to believe me now

No, they may not like it but I'm not sorry
I acknowledge that some people may not approve of who I am or what I do, but I don't apologize for being myself

No, I've got nothing left to hide, hide
I'm not keeping any secrets now or hiding anything about who I am

I'm comfortable with what's inside, side (that's who I am)
I'm at ease with my true self and don't feel the need to hide or change it

You think you've known me all this time, time
Others may have had a certain idea or perception of me based on how I used to act or present myself

But the real me is mine, mine (that's who I am)
I'm taking ownership of my true self and asserting that it's my own identity to determine

When I look in the mirror
When I reflect on myself and my life

I finally like what I see
I'm happy with who I am and feel good about myself

There's been so many changes
I've undergone a lot of personal growth and transformation

I accept they're a part of me
I acknowledge that my changes and experiences are integral to who I am now

Don't recognize me, hey
Others may have a hard time recognizing or accepting my new self, but that's okay

I'm ready to drop my armor
I'm prepared to let go of my defenses and be vulnerable

It will make me stronger
I believe that being true to myself and dropping my facade will ultimately benefit me

That's who I am
I am embracing my authentic self and declaring that this is who I truly am

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Ashley Francis Howes, Bryn Louie Christopher, Melanie Chisholm, Richard Frederick Stannard

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@jayte4932

36w↑1

@@birgercarr5574nonsense.
The wars against Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yemen were against a civilian population. Afghanistan did not have an army, and the Iraqi army was destroyed within weeks.
Yet we bombed them to pieces for 20 more years. Millions of civilians died... not soldiers,... but civilians!!
We did the same thing in South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Since the end of WW2, Israel has been doing the same thing to the Palestinians civilians.

You've been so propagandized that you really believe there's such a thing as a civilized war, a humane war.
But there is no such thing as a civilized - or humane war.

Go ask the victims if you don't believe me.

All comments from YouTube:

@dewelr121

2y↑5.1K

This is a true horror film. No Jumpscares, no scary monster. Real people

@rubenbarrera7338

1y↑224

Us humans are the greatest monster on earth.

@senlibars2544

1y↑21

@Juan Vargas l4d2 reference????

@senlibars2544

1y↑8

@Juan Vargasoh my bad. İts a game left 4 dead 2

@kwc0435

1y↑13

@Şenli barış imma be a one man cheeseburger apocalypse

@pipixjoxsho

@@rubenbarrera7338 because the devil is working through us

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@fitterhappier2666

41w↑1.8K

I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone look as traumatized and broken as the kid near the end of the film, truly amazing acting

@__Baron_Harkonnen__

36w

2:01:45 - the best bit of the movie. Great tits!

@kamasu4222

34w↑114

It wasn't acting, the kid nearly lost his mind during this

@__Baron_Harkonnen__

34w↑5

@@kamasu4222 good

@hannahdyson7129

34w↑36

@@__Baron_Harkonnen__WTAF?😮

@__Baron_Harkonnen__

34w

@@hannahdyson7129 - shut เt, and check those big ลss tเttเes out - 2:01:45

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@slashy756

1y↑3K

That intro. There’s something so haunting about just two kids digging up a battlefield, innocently playing with the guns and helmets the dead soldiers left behind. Incredible film

@alejandrahauca7657

52w↑54

До сих пор на полях сражений проводятся раскопки. Находят останки погибших солдат, вооружение, патроны, предметы быта. Некоторые гранаты до сих пор несут в себе заряд. Это опасная, но нужная работа, выполняемая волонтёрами на собственные средства. Некоторых бойцов удаётся опознать по медальонам и вернуть их семьям спустя десятилетия

@CestMagnify

49w↑15

Innocently....

@LongTran-em6hc

48w↑23

kids got SVT-40
me want SVT-40 too lol

@misantrope6267

48w↑2

Can someone explain to me what Flyora is doing here? 22:18

@user-cc4lk3tj1k

48w↑25

My grandfather was a child when his father and his entire family were invited under the resettlement program to Kaliningrad (Kenigsberg). Grandfather said that in those places, even a year after the bloody battles, all the surrounding forests were dotted with weapons and military equipment. One day, grandfather and his older brothers went into the forest and found several boxes of household soap there and, delighted with this find, they brought it to their mother. When this "soap" was seen by the elder brother, who fought as a sapper, he turned pale, because the "soap" turned out to be TNT briquettes.
Grandfather, along with his friends, played shooting from an anti-aircraft gun at the sky.
My grandfather also said that many fished with grenades. Almost all residents had machine guns and rifles in their houses. Weapons were needed to protect against armed gangs of flattering brothers, who often raided nearby settlements.

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@Deathtrip420

41w↑1.1K

While I appreciate that so many people enjoy this as a film, it really is more than that. It’s more than a cinephile talking point. It’s more than “the best horror movie ever” or “the most disturbing depressing movie ever”. This film was a statement. A reminder of real history. This was Klimov’s way of de-romanticizing / caricaturing Nazis, as the tradition had been in Hollywood. 27 million people died in the USSR during the war, compared to 400,000 US soldiers in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters combined. The sheer terror of Nazi occupation in the East is something no one in the west can really understand. The stats are clear on the treatment of prisoners and citizens between the two halves of Nazi occupied Europe - the Nazis sought to eradicate the Slavic peoples - Vernichtungskreig, a war of annihilation. The Dirlewanger Brigade was just one group that unleashed this kind of obscene genocide on the people in the East.

@gnas1897

37w↑73

The film doesn't try to scare you with jumpscares, gore or blood. Just a pure reminder of what happened and a warning for future generations.

@sherryviera5696

36w↑14

mean really get over yourself

@vitaliykim8177

30w↑17

That's an amazing explanation!

@badgalkia10

28w↑21

Wow. That really just hit me & i had to even fact check. Absolutely horrendous 💔💔💔. How can pple be that horrible to others smh.

@whensomethingcriesagain

26w↑28

It's the purest encapsulation of generational trauma ever put to screen, I should think. It captures so well the horrific lingering psychological impacts left on the USSR by the war, that even decades later were still as raw and painful as they had ever been, both for the survivors and their descendants.

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@antoniobronx4955

13w↑63

I’ve been meaning to watch this film for 20 years. Almost purchased it from Criterion. Heard it was one of the greatest war films ever made. Watched many hundreds of films but never got around to it. Then I find it on You Tube and finally watch it and it turns out to be as incredible a film experience as I had read it was. And what an ending. It’s no wonder that Elem never made another film as he felt he had said everything in this one. A masterpiece. Thank you Mosfilm for making it available to everyone to see.

@deejayrodion

1y↑5.2K

I have never felt more privileged to be an American born in the 2000s. I will never complain again.

@Riyoshi000

1y↑2

WRONG. You have a lot to complain. GO OUT AND DO IT. Unless you free yourselves from your n4z1 government WE abroad will NEVER be free. USA achieved what N4z1 germany tried but couldn't, because the SOVIETS stoped them. They lost the cold war, unfortunately. Look at your immigrant camps, your colonies abroad, your second and third class citizens, your forced labour prisons... ITS ALL THERE BUT YOU DONT REALISE IT CAUSE YOUVE BEEN EDUCATED THIS WAY, JUST LIKE YOUNG GERMANS IN 1940.

@morgle3811

1y↑60

@山本美巌 honestly based

@theyankeekiller93

1y↑572

The problem is believing something like this could never happen here in today's age

@kialo6790

1y↑26

I will.

@pikemaster1972

1y↑44

Or born in Northern Ireland in the troubles in 1972!

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@chitownkitty4327

29w↑266

I have never seen a young man age so quickly as in this film. He's a kid in the beginning, playing on a beach. By the end, he looks closer to 40 and is doing what he needs to survive. I wish more people knew about this masterpiece of a film. The surrealness makes it more real in a way. True magic. I wish films like this didn't have to be made but "Come and See" is truly like nothing I've ever seen before.

@jadamghar1983

17w↑2

YESSSS I FELT THE SAME WAY

@MK-hm5gg

16w

I saw someone else say that his classmates were shocked and noticed he had aged like that as well

@hardtymz2517

15w↑1

Most people know about it since it’s usually posted as the scariest movie ever made and on all the top ten lists for Halloween and horror movies.

@miggans21012

14w

I first saw parts of the church burning scene on a video on Facebook. It made Schindler's list look tame. I'm glad I finally found the full movie.

@s3xyt874

12w

his hair didnt grow....

@heikozimmermann238

19w↑46

Diesen Film vergisst man nie!
Das ist unmöglich.
Er hat eine Intensität wie ein Faustschlag in der Magengrube.
Ein Meisterwerk der den wahren Schrecken des Krieges zeigt.

@glorgis

17w↑1

Never forget what the Nazis did. Not the Germans since many suffered under Hitler but the nazis. Especially the Waffen SS they were sickos

@user-uq3hy7pj7e

16w↑9

Müsste im Geschichtsunterricht gezeigt werden...

@oxanaluna2730

13w

My grandmothers house near Vitebsk was burnt twice by Germans. She and her two daughters survived hiding in the growing wheat field. She never hated Germans. She said she felt sorry for the young German soldiers becoz they looked like Belarusian young boys. She said communists and fascists are the same demon.

@manifestgtr

1y↑484

This kid did such a phenomenal job…he was a pitch perfect audience proxy in this film. That look of pure realization and terror afloat in a sea of insanity and ignorance. His face is a perfect cinematic representation for the horrors of war and the savagery of men who have lost their humanity.

@ryannutton1704

32w↑3

I disagree, at least with saving private ryan. Many survivors said that was the most historically accurate movie about the holocaust. I think they are even. SpR is more of the actual war part. CSM Is more of the jew and German perspective and just how vicious the atrocities were during ww2.

@vrrooooommmm123

29w↑14

@@ryannutton1704they literally shot at the boy actor with tracer rounds 🧌. Also I say SpR is more cinematic action and this is more realistic action. This is Belarus.

@ghost_reveries6314

20w

No, humans don't lose their humanity, for all of this, is human nature.

@user-sz9jd8si2t

18w

Этот парень живой . Продолжает сниматься в кино. Посмотри фильм :" 9 рота"

@user-pv1rj1uf2o

18w↑2

У этого мальчика в концу съёмок этого фильма почти был нервный срыв

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@RJ_MacReady13

13w↑14

A cinematic masterpiece, one of the greatest films ever made. No horror movie is as harrowing and scary as this one

@viatcheslavkalashnikov1397

44w↑478

The scary thing is that the film presents a soft version of what happened during the Nazi atrocities. What people reached when they became animals simply could not be shown on the screen.

@dejuren1367

36w

And once again there are german tanks shooting at russians. It is a damn shame that this unnecessary war was allowed to take place. War doesn't determine who is right, only who is left... But too many people are so quick to support war and bloodshed as long as they have a - real or percieved - scapegoat... shame. Swallow your pride and start negotiations. It's the only adult human thing to do...

@t0mcat683

35w↑53

whats scariest to me is that this happened to over 600 other villages

@sarahbailey4448

27w

And now (sadly) you have people acting the same way defending HAMAS and celebrating the killing of jews all over again in the name of “trendiness”

@williamutsey4822

27w

This isn’t a soft version of anything. This is what happens when even the morality of war breaks down. Armed bands of men destroying things. This is the worst level of human depravity that can be reached. Past all morality.

@martinenyx-filmstuff305

27w↑22

I have read accounts of the atrocities committed by the Japanese during WWII (mostly in China and Korea), and I can say that, as disturbing as this film is (and it’s definitely the most disturbing war movie I’ve ever seen) it doesn’t even come close to the horror of some of the things I’ve read about…

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@janfg1578

2y↑3.1K

Those child actors truly did an outstanding performance!
The boy became a professional actor later, but for the girl it was her only movie she was ever in.

@husseinmoussa2947

1y↑84

do we know why she did not act in more movies? she was pretty good

@janfg1578

1y↑451

@Hussein Moussa It seems she became a teacher, and regarding she was an art student before its likely that she was not the one for fame. After delivering her personal peace of artwork at such a young age, its plausible she decided to spend her later life as a private person.

@diceone8411

1y↑38

Most excellent. Thank you for the info. 🙏

@deucedecker4903

1y↑5

agreed.

@danu6718

1y↑31

I was wondering who she was and was she in any other movies. She was beautiful and brilliant in this movie. Great roles and acting by both of them.

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@matthewdetlaff3700

1y↑484

I remember taking a cinematography class and this was one of the films i recommended everyone to watch along with The Lighthouse and the original Old Boy. Everyone thought i was crazy and i ended with a C in that class because the instructor would rather watch Harry Potter, Disney films, and other things that weren't thought provoking. One person did watch this movie...and she was in awe the entire time and appreciated me recommending it.

@miltontavares9506

1y↑118

Your instructor doesn't understand the art of cinema and this film is pure art.

@iceoff3192

52w↑67

what kind of teacher is this?😂

@afailureofaanimator6744

51w↑20

Bruh such a missed opportunity to both learn art and history

@DarknessTheNightFury

51w↑48

I wouldve been fine the instructor suggests Interstellar or Blade Runner but... Harry Potter? Disney films? Really?

@thanos2615

41w↑19

You are in wrong school if your instructor watch Disney and Harry potter

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@marcosaenz4719

1y↑640

51:15 the sense of dread was nearly unbearable when flora first returns home. you know something is terribly wrong and the buildup to the realization that they were all behind the house, dead, the entire time, with the constant presence of the flies was something else

@millenyon8665

49w↑135

Those are not puppets and toys that lay down on the floor in Flor's house. But Flor's mind does not accept the truth and pictures objects. Glasha on the other hand still has a grip on reality and throws up as she gazes upon the morbid fate that met Flor's family as their desacralized and lifeless bodies rest in that room.

@suzyswain402

43w↑38

@millenyon8665 I didn't understand that part, thank you for the explanation. How very sad 😔

@__Baron_Harkonnen__

36w

2:01:45 - the best bit of the movie. Great tits!

@rustyshackleford5830

35w↑34

@@millenyon8665 That's what I theorized was actually happening but wasn't quite sure if I was right about it. It dawned on me a little later after they crossed the bog when glasha was screaming about them being dead.

@badgalkia10

28w↑5

@@millenyon8665neither did I, omgish so those were his twin sisters?! 😢💔💔

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@mrmoralman1

37w↑117

Wow this movie is so timeless... Hard to believe it's almost 40 years old

@azrieldawson7377

29w↑18

What’s equally hard to believe is that this war happened only a bit over 40 years before the movie came out. So…a lot of the actors had family who lived and/or died through it, maybe even lived through it themselves.

It’s a very chilling realization that I had.

@zazazu2218

14w↑4

@@azrieldawson7377, режисер этого фильма был партизанов во время войны. Это был его последниймфильм, больше он не снимал.

@BillyBats773

14w↑9

Best acting I’ve ever seen in a kid. Me and my dad were left speechless by the end.

@gnas1897

24w↑402

In case you were wondering, some of those men who slaughtered the village actually escaped the partisan attack. They then went to Canada and got a standing ovation in the Canadian parliament.

@aur485

24w↑6

And today the entire Canadian government gives a standing ovation to these Nazi criminals.

@Oberschutzee

23w↑11

lies

@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45

23w↑62

Lmao real

@DmitryTselishchev

23w↑75

It's true. the main message of the film: do not forget history, otherwise it may repeat itself

@Oberschutzee

23w↑17

@@DmitryTselishchev We will not forget horrors soviets did

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@vlweb3d

2y↑3.5K

JUST REMEMBER ONE THING.
These are all practical effects. No special effects. No CG.
All real. All practical - including the bullets and explosions.
A brutal story about true events. I certainly would NOT forget this movie.

@vlweb3d

2y↑1

One extra thing. That COW really was SHOT.
No special effects there - like Hollywood. Most likely that cow was already up for slaughter - so they put the cow in this movie instead.

@Parkourboy86

2y↑200

Rip cow

@brileymitchell2632

2y↑107

They used live ammo?

@blechkopp1632

2y↑106

@Briley Mitchell Yes, they did.

@tinagoldsteinscamander

2y↑51

@Danilo Barrientos I cried. Poor thing.

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@lollllolll.

31w↑147

The first time i saw this movie i was in tears.

I'm Albanian, my grandmother was born in 1938, my grandfather was 8 years older than her, i love them, the fact that they experienced these horrors physically irritates me.

@petmarina

24w↑11

They didn't. The worst that ever happened during that war happened in the Soviet Union.

@AidanHolstrom

23w

@@petmarina That is incredibly ignorant of you. In ww2 there wasn't a "worst ever" there were horrors everywhere, Poland, Czech republic, China... keep in my mind it wasn't just the Axis powers butchering people. Albania was among one of the most devastated countries in Europe after world war 2. 200 villages destroyed in the same manner displayed in this movie and Albania is much smaller than Belarus. stupid ass take

@BobSaint

19w

But Albanians were Nazi allies, so...

@lollllolll.

19w↑8

@@petmarina Southern Albania where we have lived for generations, is where the invasion of Greece took place, and then the Greeks pushed the Italians back, so for a while, Albania was a battlefield.

Not to even mention the horrors of Enver Hoxha, which turned Albania into an European north Korea (not exaggerating, this is how historians actually describe it)

So yeah, they didn't have an easy life whatsoever, I'm lucky i was born this late.

So, yeah, they saw fascism, a front against Greece, just to witness the Germano-Italian collapse, just to then witness the Communist takeover of Albania, just to witness mass starvation, and then to witness the collapse of said communist Albania, to where we are today

@veteranpg3d156

18w↑2

@@lollllolll. Trust me, my Austrian Grandfather saw worse, especially when the Soviets arrived in Vienna and Vienna was very war- torn, my Bulgarian Grandfather lived through Communism and was sick for a long Time. My family hides from me a lot as they are anti- communist and anti- fascist to the end. I know that many Albanians want Hoxha back, but many I peag for the Albanian people.

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@nathangibney2761

44w↑126

6:04 Surveillance plane catches them digging up weapons. I had watched this movie before, but didn’t get why the old man was warning them. Now watching again, I figured it out. Such a powerful film. 😢

@ittakir

38w↑1

Plane doesn't care about some kids digging a rifle. Extermination of villages was caused because of partisan groups fighting against Nazis in occupied territory. As a revenge Nazis ordered to kill all civilian population there.

@TheRealForgetfulElephant

18w

I think this is Florr’s mind playing tricks on him. I don’t think the burned man was alive when Florr was hearing him. I think Florr found a way to blame himself for his village’s massacre. I don’t believe a spy plane would bother reporting grave diggers.

@champagnpapi800

29w↑131

I love that we have this film available internationally. Besides that it is a very strong cultural blueprint and cinematic masterpiece, it is also a huge historical memory, which has to be remembered for ages to come. People should know how insufferably horrific the war was.

@the_g371

12w↑1

Yeah, for example a good reminder that there was a Belorussian language before the total Russification.

@champagnpapi800

12w

@@the_g371 u like being a victim, huh?

@the_g371

12w

@@champagnpapi800 Haha, a true Russian spotted - nazis bad, but not when nazis are Russians, correct? In one case horrific, in another "u like being a victim, huh?", lol.

@hilltopesoterica

1y↑589

Here's a very interesting detail that I haven't seen discussed. At 50:08, you can see that Florya's reflection isn't his current self, but the one we see at the end of the movie. An omen of what's to come.
Incredible movie.

@JGalt-em4xu

1y↑21

Thank you, I couldn't figure out the well scene.

@extofer

1y↑5

I thought that was the case! thanks for pointing it out!

@limfilms1089

1y↑15

One of the reasons we should watch masterpieces like this on a big screen in a cinema. There is so much detail!

@hilltopesoterica

1y↑9

@Limfilms actually, I caught this detail while watching on my phone lol but I totally agree.

@LukeMcGuireoides

😂

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@KarlPHorse

51w↑57

The worst part about this movie is that it isn't fiction. The murders, r@pes and other atrocities actually happened. This is just a pov of what it was like to live through it.

@garbagebanditdayz819

1y↑2.4K

This movie really puts into perspective how little time has passed since WW2. A lot of the people who acted in this movie probably experienced the war. The weapons, German/Soviet uniforms and equipment are definitely almost all original which gives an authentic feel. Such a powerful movie, it looks like a modern production thanks to the cinematography.

@petmarina

45w↑161

Many of the extras were survivors of the Nazi occupation. They were not acting, they were reliving the horrors they'd witnessed.

@KrolKaz

42w↑1

It's crazy that political leaders and media in the west are pushing for yet another world War to pop off.

@paulkirjonen1226

40w↑82

the actor playing the older german officer was an actual SS member when he was younger, you can look it up

@fins6191

37w↑19

You know they actually shot the hell out of that cow in the movie?

@paulkirjonen1226

37w↑64

@@fins6191 it was one of the first soviet films where the state studio control was loosened, and the director went nuts

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@GasPoweredProductions

17w↑19

Thank you for giving us all the opportunity to see this movie on youtube!

@memirandawong

1y↑104

This one snuck up on me. I wasn't expecting such realism. The central character, the boy in this film, his performance was absolutely riveting. Truly a hidden gem.

@DinarGil

15w↑54

Никто не забыт -ничто не забыто ! Слава героям. Друзья нужно помнить историю , чтобы не повторять ошибок.

@robl8247

15w↑3

Agreed

@Onegreentruck

14w↑1

❤❤ I'm so scared

@ComradeRick

13w↑3

К сожалению одной памяти мало, то что происходит по всему миру это надвигающаяся буря, мировая война уже совсем близко. Жадный капитал требует жертву, и жертву уже уготовили, нас с вами, рабочий класс.

@DinarGil

13w

@@ComradeRick это война никогда и не заканчивалась

@Heffy_Boi

14w↑12

Incredible performances across the board but the kid playing Flor just absolutely astonished me. He singlehandedly elevated the medium for child actors everywhere. There's scenes in this film I will truly never forget

@trevorchichester3038

30w↑16

This movie is beyond words. It encapsulates hell itself. The way that the film changes faces with lighting is insane. For example, Glasha at times is absolutely, STUNNINGLY beautiful in many scenes and then the lighting on her face changes and she literally looks like a snarling demon, without her saying a word or changing her facial expression. Like, for example, in the beginning of the film she is rather demure, hairnet over her hair. Then Florian sees her crying and initially sees a stunning beautiful girl, hair down, big blue eyes, hair like barley, smiling and laughing. Then, in an instant, when he asks her a question, her face (as she is luring him in to make a baby) is like a snarling demon awaiting prey. The film's name is "Come and See"..........for those who don't know, this is a quote from the bible from Revelations 6:7 "And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast [A SNARLING DEMON] say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.' Essentially this passage from the bible is saying that ALL of hell's WRATH was unleashed with this. I could not think of a better theme for Soviet Union 1943 for a film. This embodies EXACTLY what world war two was. This film is a masterpiece. It would probably rank in the top 10 horror films of all time.

@deucedecker4903

2y↑3.6K

I am speechless. A more powerful film has never been made. And the actor who played the boy was the best I've ever, ever seen. He aged right before our eyes as parts of him were devoured by relentless waves of the naked, unvarnished horror that destroys humans even if they survive, and destroys humanity just the same.

@stevenmason8993

2y↑2

It's an idiotic film from a heroin addicted man who has rich parents. Voted worst ww2 film at cannes 3 years in a row

@annadejaniraperdono6680

2y↑10

Was born on the same day as my sister in law

@tamarrajames3590

2y↑8

Very well said.🖤🇨🇦

@jaimevalencia6271

2y↑12

I mean infinity war was pretty powerful thanos did have all the infinity stones. Also broke world record sales. The boy that played spider man aged through cinema time and became a man. Thanos destroyed humanity and we came back.

@tamarrajames3590

2y↑7

@Jaime Valencia I have not seen this film, but may have a look for it. Thank you.🖤🇨🇦

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@537h

17w↑19

This film is humanity's required reading. Absolutely powerful. This will stay with me for the rest of my life.

@bruhager

25w↑144

The way Florya disappears into the crowd at the end is so hauntingly and beautifully sad to me. Just another in a crowd of boys and young men equally torn apart by the horrors of war. Each of them with an equally horrifying story to tell.

@BlackWolf9988

42w↑120

My step grand father who is still alive today and was around 7 years old when the germans came to the krasnodar region just east of crimea, told me stories about the war. He talked about the hunger he experienced and how people of his village would go at night to the fields to collect food but were shot by the germans when they got caught. He also talked about how the romanian soldiers were acting even worse than the germans. His father was NKVD who was fighting in the war somewhere else at the time. One day somebody from his village snitched on him and his mother about his father and they were taken into a prisoner camp in crimea but got liberated by the soviet army later. He also when he grew older was a soldier in the soviet army and experienced the hungarian uprising first hand.

80+ years later when he told me these stories he still had a sad voice. Even now he still has the trauma of starvation and goes around hidding food from others. There isnt many people that experienced the horror of ww2 that are alive today, i am glad that i was able to hear these stories from somebody who has gone through it first hand.

@hannahdyson7129

15w↑1

The NKVD were not the good guys .

I am truly sorry for what your family had to go through, though

@trugbild2208

13w↑4

@@hannahdyson7129 The NKVD was just police. Very few of them of them were really involved in repressions and GULAG system. There's no sense in saying that a local policeman or a traffic guard were not the good guys

@vagabondgrishater955

13w

@@hannahdyson7129 why do you think so?

@tesconstamylo

14w↑12

A masterpiece by all means.
A delight of cinematography.

@firefox1136

46w↑97

It is indescribable how frightening and haunting it is to see kids in a battlefield.
Great movie, I cried.

@mssusanmarie

1y↑2.5K

"Come and See" is the greatest anti-war film ever made. It's a true masterpiece. Everyone should see it at least once in order to comprehend what war is, and does.

@DANIELMABUSE

1y↑16

What makes it an anti-war film?

@Just_shush_now

1y↑13

@Daniel Read don’t get that either…

@KratomFlavoredAdidas

1y↑115

@PATSCH you didn't see the videos of Nazis burning down villages?

@Just_shush_now

1y↑36

@Adidas Adidas how is that anti-war? Seems more of an anti-Nazi movie to me…

@Rhythm-wt4ss

Just anti-Nazi. There are lots of wars in human history, but most of them weren't that sick, spit on these sick soldiers and evil countries. God won't bless these evil people for million years.

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@siggibada6338

1y↑87

It awakens a repressed feeling that is terribly familiar. It is much more than I ever experienced with a movie. A timeless monument that should be shown and discussed in schools.
Thank you so much for loading it up for everybody

@stallskiandclutch7329

1y↑62

I have never viewed a film that made me feel as horrified and heart-sick. We have all watched war movies, but nothing like this. I am trying to put into words the effect this film has had on me, but my mind is blown and my soul is weeping.
Saving Pvt. Ryan is a Saturday morning cartoon compared to this film. The young actor that played the part of Flor was hands down the best performance I have ever seen, bar none, full stop, period. I will carry the full weight of this film with me for the rest of my life.

@pezvonpez

1y↑4

Yep, I was shaking throughout the 2nd half lol
Sitting in a cold, dark room certainly helped the atmosphere!

Anyway, the reality of it all just crushes me. The fact that people can become this evil. The fact that many people ARE still this evil. The thought that went through my head the most was, how? How can this happen? How can so many people be this blind to their own barbarity?
I think that if you can make someone believe they're a hero, you can make them do anything. There are no limits.

We're all just sheep waiting to be herded...

@wobert2485

47w↑43

This movie should be held in the same regard as All Quiet on the Western Front. Absolutely underrated, horrifying masterpiece.

@jonjahr3403

16w↑6

I just saw this movie for the first time. I just heard about its existence last night and i have to say it is THE BEST AND AT THE SAME TIME SCARIEST FILM I'VE EVER SEEN! The acting and filming were done to perfection. A work of pure cinematic genius. And honestly i will never get the sound of that whistle when that poor girl walks up to Flyora out of my head. But that is what the movie so horrific is the fact that it was all so real! Elim Klimov and everyone else involved did an amazing job of bringing the story of Nazi war atrocities to life.

@kswiss89

42w↑75

The performance the protaganist gave in this movie should be up there with the best acting of all time. His facial expressions in various scenes just really set the tone throughout the movie

@askabluejay4932

42w↑11

What I find even more impressing is the fact that, at the time of filming, Aleksei Kravchenko was only 14, and Come and See was his first ever role. He did go on to become a professional actor after a 15 year-long hiatus later iirc.

@12max44

2y↑3.3K

In filmschool we watched this film in the theater. We were 12 students when the film started.
3 students where left (me included) when the film ended and the lights came back on, the rest of the class could not stomach it.

This is THE most depressing movie ever made! A masterpiece.

@readdeeply9278

2y↑299

They need to drop out immediately. With such delicate sensibilities they would never be able to make a good film anyway and are probably bound for Hollywood lol I haven't taken classes at university since the mid 90s and this is very disappointing news to hear about our up and coming students.

@MICKEYISLOWD

@Read deeply You need to have a think about your reply. You sound like a narc with a superiority complex. It is very understandable why some people can't watch a movie like when you know it is all true and actually happened to hundreds of villages in the region.

@HorstEwald

2y↑111

I watched the movie all the way through. Ate a pizza when it started. No problem.
Until the movie ended. I planned to play games with freinds but it took me about half an hour to settle down.
This movie is hard to stomach and it leaves you deeply impacted.

@starlitnight6982

2y↑31

@Read deeply try the movie "Threads" then

@borntoclimb7116

2y↑18

Depressing but realistic

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@badgalkia10

28w↑63

Can’t believe this was made in the 80s. Really at a lost for words. I can’t even find the words to describe the grief and pain citizens of the USSR felt. I pray noone ever has to go through anything that horrible. I shed so many tears even afterwards just imagining the suffering these pple endured. So many lives ruined 💔

@Ivannst

24w↑7

every family in the Soviet Union suffered losses. Each, and not one and two, but more, much more, from the European part of Russia to the Pacific Ocean, you can travel around the country and get to a remote forgotten village from which one or two houses remain, but you will definitely find a monument with the names of villagers who did not return from the front.

@Pty1980

22w↑1

This whole time I was thinking the year it was posted on YouTube was when it’s made. It really could past as a modern movie. It’s amazing to be from the 80s

@offbeat65

19w↑4

@@Pty1980 - I don't mean to sound cynical, but it's not like the 80s were a more primitive time in artmaking compared to ours. It's arguably the other way round.

@velvet1865

12w

@@Ivannst The USSR were allies with the Nazis. They literally carved up Poland. Let's not continue with this lie that the USSR was a victim in the way that others were.

@sabyasachisatapathy5390

34w↑10

My heart bleeds when i saw this movie. We are humans we must live with endless love and peace. May God Bless All 🙏

@Foxerous

17w↑27

I remember my brother and I watched this film in our living room together, absolutely messed up and brutal. Still one of the greatest anti-war films we've seen.

@davisrison5524

1y↑73

50:48 the way they look at each other here, flor coming home to find his family gone while in denial about their fate… it chills me to the bone

@FifteenRavens

25w↑1

I didn’t understand that part. Why was she smiling?

@lordfatcock

21w↑10

@@FifteenRavens she knew, but didn't want to tell him. So she's doing her best to hold it together.

@FifteenRavens

21w

@@lordfatcock Looks like she’s about to burst out laughing.

@comrade3459

1y↑649

The story of this movie hits me very close, my great-grandma was a 7 year old girl in Belarus at the time when the story in this movie is set, her mother died of a horrible sickness and her father died in the war, the only person she had left was her stepmother, one day when she was taking her horse out to be on the pasture, a German soldier came out of nowhere and shot the horse and then started shooting at my great-grandma, my great-grandma hid in a ditch while the soldier continued shooting because it felt amusing for him, as she was scared the soldier was just laughing like he was enjoying what he was doing, eventually he got bored and left, later my grandma came back to the village to find that all the civilians have been lined up on the street, first, the nazis shot all the Jewish residents and buried them all, some were still alive and screamed for help from the ground, after that the Germans burned the village and forced the rest of the people to run into the forest while driving tanks into them, my great-grandma's brother was so psychologically harmed by this that he eventually ran at the tanks because he wanted all this to end, luckily someone picked him up and stopped him before he got killed, my great-grandma survived the rest of the war but she had trauma for the rest of her life and never stopped hating Germans, she passed away in 2017, I have to admit, I always hated fascism but now that I saw this movie I hate it even more.

@mikeluke7417

49w↑34

I am literally lost for words 🤐 I cannot imagine such a suffering 💔 what is wrong with mankind 😭😭I sincerely hope that you are doing well ❤❤

@Saberu_o_oppai_de_momu

49w↑6

nick checks out

@TheeWolfiee1

48w↑48

@Bilal sajid🤦

@badgamer4385

48w↑9

@Bilal sajid bro what 💀

@420bongking

46w↑42

@Bilal sajid what is actually wrong with you?

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@definitelyjustcj4148

2y↑1.5K

The scary thing about this film is that it's real,gritty,and horrifying. It depicts how far the human brain can go into destroying its own conscience. This is what war does to the mind. Never forget that

@justincalhoun7062

2y↑14

I forgot :/

@TOXKIMO-

2y↑4

مضحك ماتفعله الدول المتطورة الان مثل امريكا وروسيا واسرائيل و الصين و...

@dieterrosswag933

2y↑4

It feels real but it's not

@anatoldenevers237

1y↑48

@dieter rosswag It's based on very real events

@alfkerbend8540

46w

@Anatol de Nevers Source?

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@jackwalker1822

1y↑32

This is not a Hollywood version of war. So realistic that many viewers cannot get through it. But if you can stick it out, a very intense moving experience. What unbridled war really does to people.

@dannymcconnell9009

16w↑7

i heard this was the greatest anti-war film ever made. but after watching i sort of feel it is the only real actual anti war film i have ever seen.

@Highland_Moo

49w↑13

I was born in the late 70s and grew up, and still live, in a small village in the north of Scotland. In school we were taught history that gave a brief view of WW2. We were taught that Hitler wanted to attack us here in the west and how he wanted to get rid of the Jews. It wasn’t until much later that I learned of the Soviet suffering and how the Red Army helped end the war. It’s sad that all mention of that was erased from our school teachings due to the Cold War in the 80s. We were never told of the suffering of the Belorussian people and I genuinely think that this film ought to be shown in high school history. No matter what’s going on with Russia today, the Soviet people suffered like those over here and they also stood up and caught the Nazis and I’m grateful for their part in ending the war. That should never be forgotten and I hope I can pay my respects in person by visiting WW2 memorials in the east.

@elijahshai1671

49w

Ikr

@k.o.h3599

48w↑4

Helped?
It's fair to say the Red Army ended the war, nearly single handedly.

@user-cc4lk3tj1k

48w↑1

Only quite the opposite, it's you - the Western allies helped the USSR end World War II in Europe. You can go to Wikipedia and read there how many people and where they ground the army of Nazi Germany and its allies. In the Battle of Stalingrad alone, the Wehrmacht lost 800,000 dead and missing in action. While on the Western Front the Nazis lost 700,000 killed and missing! I'm not talking about the significance and scale of such battles as the Battle of Moscow, the Battle of Kursk, the Belarusian operation, the Berlin operation. And it is very strange of you to say that the civilian population in the USSR suffered the same way as you did. The Germans killed, according to some estimates, 17,931,600 peaceful Soviet citizens. In the UK, civilians died about 92,673.

I want to tell you one more thing so that you finally understand me why I say that what happened in your country cannot be compared with the atrocities that the peoples of the USSR had to go through. Pleace read about the camp Polizeigefängnis und Arbeitserziehungslager Salaspils, as well as Lager Kurtenhof. In this camp, small Soviet children were used to draw blood for wounded German soldiers, as a result of which the children quickly died. In the camp, about 3 thousand children under 5 years old died of martyrdom in the period from May 18, 1942 to May 19, 1943, the bodies were partly burned, and partly buried in the old garrison cemetery near Salaspils. Most of them were subjected to blood pumping.

@kerryymm

45w↑30

Clicking “like” really doesn’t feel correct here… I definitely didn’t like this movie, but I was utterly engrossed in it from start to finish, it’s an absolute masterpiece. I can’t think of a better depiction of the horror and futility of war.

@birgercarr5574

42w↑127

As a soldier... I pray for peace. I cannot understand or fathom how one can treat civilians in such a manner. It's hard to comprehend. Definitely the best anti-war film I've ever seen.

@hannahdyson7129

40w↑12

This is how most civllians are treated in war .

@birgercarr5574

38w↑6

@@hannahdyson7129 not in most modern wars. Civilians died true. Every war cost civilian casualties. But most civilized and modern Nations tried to conduct themselves in a way to minimize the risk of civilian death.

@jayte4932

36w↑1

@hannahdyson7129

36w↑20

@@birgercarr5574 Some modern nations do or try to convince the world they do

Sadly in reality it's not the case

@esajuhanirintamaki965

28w↑1

And Lt. Calley in My Lai...?

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@nofanfelani6924

2y↑958

This is how a movie about WW should be made.
Its not about heroes who defeat evil, not a saint who fight for justice. Unlike any other war movie nowadays which glorified wars, this movie depict the cruelty of them as it is.

@tamarrajames3590

2y↑30

There are a few films that touch this quality regarding the brutality and futility of war, though only one on my list relates to WWII. Das Boot does not deal with this type of bestial atrocity, but captures in a visceral way life on a German U boat with the same intensity and relentless momentum. The Killing Fields covers the after effects of the War in Vietnam, and Hotel Rwanda also has the same quality of unvarnished raw reality.🖤🇨🇦

@simonlee8889

2y↑1

@Tamarra James Except Hotel Rwanda was a Hollywood confection made by the anglo-american cabal designed to hide the truth of the atrocities which the CIA and MI5 manufactured for their own despicable ends, the horrors of which continue to this day..

@tamarrajames3590

2y↑6

@Simon Lee I agree, but they also told the story of the Canadian commander who had his hands tied from any possible action. He suffered terrible PTSD following the genocide. As much as they tried to hide outside instigation, they did capture the sickening result of its full breakout anyone who does a little research will know what was not included.🖤🇨🇦

@andchat6241

2y↑24

I would think this is possibly the only 'War Film' where the director has intentionally not used any battle scenes (just showing some of the after affects) & the terrible reality of trying to be brave like the boy Florya but unwittingly just adding more death to a situation that has little sanity or reason.

@andchat6241

2y↑2

@Tamarra James hi there , the 'Killing Fields' has very little to do with the US/Vietnamese war .it was an internal conflict in Cambodia, where the extreme left wing Khmer Rouge ,financed by China took control of the country in 1975. The mass killings (approx 20% of its population) were largely halted in'79 when a Vietnamese force intervened.

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@jonathanmedmans5495

18w↑12

This is without doubt the greatest war film ever made .

@user-zu7qd4hv8c

43w↑39

my grandmother was in this movie. the director literally recruited people from nearby villages. she said the film was made without sets or special effects. blood was taken from nearby slaughterhouses, shots and explosions were almost always real, actually shot on the set, lol. the director himself went to the headman and every night asked to inform the inhabitants that they would be filming a battle scene and that they should not be afraid of the sounds of battle. the cow was also killed for real, and the meat was immediately eaten for dinner. in some ways it was even lucky that in the USSR there were no strict rules for filming, because I think in other countries they would have been put in jail for this. but it's good that this did not happen the film is excellent

@user-bz2rk4kr2q

41w↑3

О, боже ....кошмар это всё 😓

@user-zu7qd4hv8c

41w↑4

@@user-bz2rk4kr2q а она говорит, что не жалеет и вообще у них никто не возникал. Особенно после того, как фильм вышел. Многое взрослое поколение в тамошних деревнях пережило немецкую оккупацию и когда посмотрели фильм(а его всей деревней смотрели в доме культуры), те, кто смог до конца посмотреть говорили, что все так и было и они рады, что смогли поучаствовать в таком фильме, чтобы поколения знали, какую тяжёлую ношу пережили

@DmitryTselishchev

23w↑62

the main message of the film: do not forget history, otherwise it may repeat itself

@Sue-gq7xv

47w↑19

By far the BEST movie on WW2.

@allosaurusfragilis7782

1y↑42

I've watched this film multiple times. I don't think I've seen a more powerful depiction of the madness and horror of war. The random cruelty, the other-worldliness of it all.
It doesn't seem right to say it's a favourite film, it's not something you can enjoy watching. It's something we all should see.

@Kaghemsuha

50w↑35

An Incredible movie! Before watching it, I thought that " Johnny got his gun" was the toughest antiwar movie, but this one goes beyond; real fear, real terror, real horror; the face of Floryia devastated by the horrors; no rhetoric, no heroes, just the horror of war. Incredible, outstanding. Exceptional steadicam's operators work.

@IDK-hx7xf

16w

Both movies are horrifying in their own right

@peternakitch4167

2y↑2.5K

When I first saw this several years ago I found it so confronting I had to give up, two years later I watched through to the end. My father was in Serbia during WW2 and most of his family were killed or died of hunger. My mother, a non-Serb, said my dad was traumatised and had nightmares about the war for the remainder of his life (he died in late 2008). Watching this gave me the smallest look into what my dad and millions, upon millions of others lived through. I don't know how my father and all those others who survived had the strength and luck to survive the nightmare of war, I am not certain I could have. I hope we and our children never, ever have to live through such events again.

@norikotakaya14292

2y↑45

The Criterion 2020 blu-ray release of this film has five mini documentaries which are actually interviews with people who survived their encounter with the SS Einsatzgruppen and the stories they tell are harrowing to say the least. If you can get this blu-ray, it’s well worth the money, but it’s region coded so you’d have to have a region free player.

@peternakitch4167

2y↑12

@Noriko Takaya Thank you for the information, I will search it out. Much appreciated.

@daliborsulgostowski907

2y↑40

It's happening again unfortunately. Not that far from where the events from the movie took place

@trtmrt2203

2y↑71

@Dalibór Sulgostowski it was happening for the past 8 years only the most of us were not aware of it. There was no mainstream media cover of the conflict in the Donbas which last since 2014.. Nowdays it is completely biased and selective.

@revelationakagoldeneagle8045

2y↑1

🙏🌹💜🙏

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@mtholla1988

45w↑59

True masterpiece. Heavily influenced by Tarkovsky. Can’t even watch the trailer without tears. Traumatic and haunting depiction of war that had me gasping multiple times throughout the film. I never gasp.

@YThome7

21w↑3

Yes, Tarkovsky's "Ivanovo's childhood". Soviet people, and my mother was a typical example, had not been unable for many years to watch movies depicting real harrows of the war because everybody had his real recollections, tragedies. Ivanov's Childhood was premature, the public was not ready yet. When in 1985 "Idi i Smotry" (Go and Watch) released it was censored for Soviet "political correctness": you noticed that there are shown many local collaborates assisting German SS. Well, in reality in Belarussia it was mostly Ukrainian Banderovzi, they were burning villages, SS officers were mostly supervising. In 1985 Soviets, Gorbachev was still continuing tradition of playing down crimes of Ukranian collaborators for the sake of "brotherly friendship" with Ukranian people.

@offbeat65

19w↑1

Tarkovsky is nowhere near as intense in any of his films.

@YThome7

19w

@@offbeat65 During Tarkovski time Soviet movie remained very restrained when showing both violence and suffering. Also consider that there was little heroic in emphasizing sufferings of Soviet people. That was a prevailing feeling of public as well as Soviet artists, authorities, - people did not want to be victims - they wanted to be heroes. You are foreigner, you will never understand this, you remember WWII because you are occasionally reminded while Soviets remember because they are unable to forget.
When "Go and See" appeared some would say: because of the huge miscalculations of Stalin the country was caught by surprise and people had to suffer so much, the suffering is the result of brutality of Nazi and stupidity of Stalin and communists.

@bababouibababoui4726

28w↑13

Please keep this film up forever, I grew up in the UK with Greek origin, my grandparents literally lived through this and it was not taught in most formal education but brushed over, it’s a matter of preserving a part of history that’s very taboo

@RhodesidesReviews

21w↑10

A film that should be on the curriculum in every school around the world. How depraved humanity can get

@praveenkumargv9170

1y↑26

No words to explain the greatness of this film.

@Mr.Malliquin666

29w↑30

When I watch this movie I don't feel like I'm watching a movie, I feel I'm watching the actual war.

@panzerblower6977

2y↑1.1K

Soviet cinematography is absolutely underrated

@Julia-uh4li

2y↑69

This film was my introduction into it and my jaw is still on the floor. I can't properly describe how this film left me feeling. I'll remain quiet while it's still settling into my psyche. Actually, I do have one word.... PROFOUND

@Bflatest

1y↑2

Soviet?

@rolloutthebarrel

1y↑78

@I LOVE GUITAR - Dino Gilley Elem Klimov was a Soviet / Russian filmmaker, this was his final film

@mkilic10

1y↑36

@I LOVE GUITAR - Dino Gilley right, Soviet!

@SynxRus

1y↑24

@I LOVE GUITAR - Dino Gilley so many soviet movies are great. Im glad I was growing up with them

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@BOB_DAVIDSON

47w↑28

The most disturbing war movie and movie in general I've seen, Come And See was masterfully directed, filmed, acted, and written. The film deserves to be shown in to Highschool or College level students studying WW2. The director, actors, and everyone else involved with this film gave the people the history of these events with sharp precision to the real thing (at least from what I know). God rest those affected by WW2!

@mejtes100

20w↑1

this is only the smallest fragment in a long war of destruction

@chrisbusby3086

36w↑158

The most horrifying and sad film. A masterpiece. My Latvian girlfriend told me that the worst excesses of the Nazis in byelorus were orchestrated by the Latvian nazi batallions, the village burning scene. Also in Latvia where the Jews were massacred, marched into the forest and gunned down. Now the same thing with the byelorussians and russians in Latvia and the other Baltic States

@purpleblastoise

36w↑4

Poland, Czechoslovakia, the Basic sisters, and Southeast Europe were fascist protectorates by Nazi Germany and the Kingdom of Italy working together to destroy the USSR.

Those countries deserved to be occupied and showed no mercy by the Red Army for being collaborators to the Nazi war machine which mind you started the Holocaust and murdered 6 million Jews. Lebensraum; If Operation Barbarossa succeed 60+ million people would have been wiped out.

@whensomethingcriesagain

26w↑16

That's correct, yeah. The SS recruited heavily all over Eastern Europe, and the sheer brutality shown by many of the collaborator battalions easily matched or even surpassed many of their German counterparts, with the exception of the Dirlewanger brigade ofc

@0monkeyface

24w

let me guess, her native language is russian

@andresr.viguera9791

22w↑11

Now the same thing? Really?? What is your gf smoking? or better yet, what does she watch?

@user-hc1qe1gz9n

13w

There was also a complete russian republic (Lokot) of SS-collaborators. Google Kaminski-Brigade.

@sangumlinggi8330

33w↑16

This is greatest "war movie" or anti war movie ever made and will remain so for the next hundreds of years. No modern war movie nor classics such as apocalypse now can compare to the horror potrayed here.

@personaldove

1y↑76

This movie should serve as a moment for every one of us how privileged and blessed we are to be born in this era instead of the last one.
Do not fall for the people who say the old days used to be better than the ones today.

@MrRight1000

43w↑1

Human nature doesn't change in 60 years, not in 6,000 years for that matter. There will be more wars and wars of the future are going to be more brutal.

@michaelcollins1196

42w

Dont fall for the utopia of that is socialism

@veteranpg3d156

18w

There is always different opinions

@MrSmokincodz

44w↑17

The scenes in the bogs and thicket are some of the most raw brutal film making I’ve seen for this period. A masterful film.

@jazzyg6298

1y↑1.1K

The cinematography of this film is absolutely phenomenal. Not many things truly unsettle me, but when the camera stays focused on one of the kid’s faces, I can see the emotion and terror and insanity building inside them. I can’t even watch this in the dark without getting freaked out because the way the camera focuses on their faces makes them look almost inhumane. It just gives this feeling that I can’t explain. All I can think to explain it as is a deep feeling of dread. I have no idea how they were able to portray their feelings so well by just staring into the camera.

And the part when they return to his mother’s home and he tried to act normal and the girl knew everyone was already dead. The sound of the flies and the obvious reality that he is clearly losing his mind while she has already lost hers.. I almost wanted to skip that scene because it felt so real but I couldn’t.

These kids are probably the greatest actors I have ever seen. This movie is absolutely incredible and more terrifying than any horror movie out there.

@ralphshelley9586

1y↑8

Americans are lucky they never had it come to our shores. And anybody who tried would get a nasty beat down. Don't mess with American men.

@olgagrekova2217

1y↑7

We portrayed cuz Its In Our National DNA,,{{ whole range of compassion and sacrificial feat that were made there 4ALL NATIONS TO SURVIVE.

@nickstubbs3785

@ralph shelley what’s the point to your comment here? 🇺🇸🖕🏼🇺🇸🖕🏼🇺🇸🖕🏼

@Lufttygger306

47w↑31

I think the sound design deserves a mention too. It's way ahead of its time and way unlike anything from other movies of the 1980's or prior. It's filled with sounds of dissonance and a constant low rumbling similar to that of dark ambient music, sounds of darkness accompanying light moments, and vice-versa, sounds of levity accompanying images of terror. The sound effects are deliberately muddled, as to convey the way those sounds would be heard by a disoriented and terrified witness to the events.

@colmcmillan173

37w

@@ralphshelley9586 American men are snowflakes, who are saved only by the fact that they actually live their entire history on an island that is difficult for barbarians to reach.

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@brie3679

1y↑48

51:40 always gets me. She knows Flyora is in denial/ignorant to the truth as he’s still somewhat a boy and kids always try to think of the best. When he sees that bloody tattered scarf (?) She quickly tries to divert his attention. That always gets me because she’s still so young herself yet just a bit further past that cusp than Flyora is.

@rowanverlinde7143

25w↑2

what even happend to the girl at the end of the film?

@pugchesh

24w↑4

@@rowanverlinde7143 The worst thing you could possibly imagine.

@aur485

24w↑2

@@rowanverlinde7143 2:04:17

@gastonjv7012

15w

@@pugcheshThey are not the same person. She is the village girl, who is dragged by her hair. 1:49:00

@cantinadudes

13w

@@gastonjv7012nope thats her

@mrverminski7914

28w↑50

It's very cool that Canadians gave a standing ovation to a SS member.

@vzlomshchik

26w↑3

In fact latvian legion of SS and ukrainian SS units was used to genocide belarussians. That old prick now freedom fighter for doing actions like in the movie, my only hope that Canada deporte him to Belarus, where death penalty is still used

@Doomer9408

24w

Rusian bot.

@aur485

24w↑16

@@Doomer9408 CIA bot, or Ukrainian Neanderthal.

@unestepbeyond

45w↑11

Insane to think that this was only 80 years ago. Many children from those times are still alive today… and even some adults. I might be extending this but it was just a surreal thought of mine

@kennarajora6532

44w↑3

True. It's amazing to think, living in the most peaceful time in human history (the late 20th and early 21st century), that we share this time with some of those who lived through the most violent time in human history (the early 20th century).

@paulterry7672

1y↑25

Hard to watch this, how people can treat fellow human beings this way is incredibly sad. The boy actor was superb you could feel his pain. Iwish peace to everyone.

@luccaenzelio156

39w↑12

A truly beautiful film that encompasses every aspect of what Anti-war cinema should be. An absolutely breath taking piece of art. I was on the edge of my seat for every minute of its duration.

@voteZDLR

2y↑868

One interesting thing about this movie is this was the last film the filmmaker ever made. Reason he gave for it is he felt like this was it, this was the best movie he could and would ever make and to make more would be futile. This is where it transcends a profession and enters real art.

@francescogattuso9109

2y↑1

( traduction) hai ragione ormai il suo capolavoro era finito e non aveva senso continuare a fare film per soldi

@southpole76

2y↑21

this is incorrect. Klimov who was part of the Soviet filmmaking system fell out of favour after the end of the Soviet Union and was not given a chance to work again.

@voteZDLR

2y↑5

@southpole76 Source?

@southpole76

2y↑24

@voteZDLR seems like youtube does not like links. source: Klimov obituary in The Guardian 4 November 2003.

@Mr.Goodkat

1y↑10

@southpole76 He did want to make more movies but couldn't get them off the ground and then decided he didn't want to make anymore actually because he said everything he needed to say with come & see so it's kind of a bit of both.

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@jazmauroos5452

1y↑49

I like the scene when the boy and the girl cry and they together start laughing as they see each other crying. This is what little kids do. Heart touching scene🦋❤️

@DNMK

1y↑5

Ty for explaining - I really thought that I missed a scene or something because I neither understood why they're crying nor why they're laughing.

@conorhughes1

1y↑12

I saw it differently. I assumed they were both crying for different reasons: the boy, out of sheer ignorance; not being allowed to join his fellow partisan. The girl, out of pure trauma and shock; from the effects of war.

@rowanverlinde7143

25w↑2

what even happend to the girl at the end of the film?

@IDK-hx7xf

16w

@@rowanverlinde7143 She got separated from Flyora (the main character)

@PureNationalism13

41w↑9

More People need to watch this movie.

@attilakovacs5803

1y↑51

Soviet filmmaking at its very best. Seen it multiple times, along with other great war movies like Fate of a Man, and all the rest. Thank you Mosfilm!👍❤️

@ravox.19

1y↑2

The film is completely inaccurate😂😂😂

@shanithgonzalez1805

1y↑2

@RavoX.how

@ravox.19

1y↑1

@Shanith Gonzalez why would you land parachute troopers on the eastern front. Makes no sense. Also the whole story of capturing city, letting them do Sports then put them in groups. After that they put both groups back together in the church. After that the soldier says get out the kids and he let every kid inside.Then he put the church on fire and after that they also shoot on the church. Just why? They just simply would kill them or put them in concentration camps if they put them in groups. Also they make a Foto with the kid and then they don’t shoot him. That makes no sense.Also 90% of the Germans spoke the german completely wrong. I thought it was another language. Also at the end Not in the nearest would some soldier give the enemy oil even it was to kill his mates. Because there is a chance that he throws it at the soviet people. Also some ranks they named weren’t even in the ranking of German soldiers. They just took the same ranks the soviets had. Also the girl in the forest is just a npc and wildly comes into the story without any background information. After that we only can see her raped which is like just out of context. All in all it’s very bad filmmaking with very low budget.

@shanithgonzalez1805

1y↑10

Im pretty sure the movie was based of the dirlewanger brigade and basically massacred about 30,000 -40,000 inoccent civilians also raping, torturing etc. Although I’m assuming the dirlewanger brigade didn’t attack in Belarus just depicting them. They did even WAY WAY WORSE stuff than the war crimes they were depicting in this movie. Honestly really sad.

@ravox.19

1y↑1

@Shanith Gonzalez it wasn’t about the cruelty. I meant more like the scenario of killing is pretty inaccurate

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@moimoimoiiiiiii32221

22w↑9

This comment section is depressing to read because they took the movie in such a wrong way. They revolt with anger and want revenge on someone when the only initial emotion the movie is supposed to inflict is pure depression to accept how terrible war is. No revenge will heal the wounds, it'll just create more of them. There should be absolutely no conflict and if we don't accept that, then we never will.

@s.t.santos5928

2y↑881

Hats off to the lead boy actor, the director, the writer, and all the artists that created this MASTERPIECE. This is the most realistic and gripping film I've watched since "The Battle of Algiers." I wish I could say more to express my awe and appreciation for this film.

@JohannWolf99

2y↑4

The battle of Algiers

@luisbustamante9869

2y↑21

Absolutely. And the cinematographers with their haunting full-on portraits of the characters and the choreographies. This film is beautiful, crazy and horrifying, all rolled into one. It goes beyond the ideological message and it warns about the spiral of horror that wars inflict on the mind of ordinary people. It makes you think of something different.

@s.t.santos5928

2y↑7

@Luis Bustamante True, the kind of film that PTSDs are made of. It also reminded me of 'The Deer Hunter' and 'Platoon'.in that respect.

@tamarrajames3590

2y↑7

@S.T. Santos I might add Threads to that list, and in a different way, Das Boot, The Killing Fields, And Hotel Rwanda. Each of these capture the madness and futility of war with a gritty realism, unvarnished by heroes and glory.🖤🇨🇦

@s.t.santos5928

2y↑2

@Tamarra James Thanks. I need to catch up on some of those titles.

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@RageAye

51w↑21

This is by far one of the most thought provoking movies I have ever seen. Definitely the only film to provoke such strong emotions within me. I am very lucky to be living such a relaxed, first world life where I don't have to worry about my family being killed or being taken away and never seeing them again. I don't have to struggle just to eat, or live in fear of my entire life changing practically overnight. I thought I had seen some horrid things, and maybe I have. All of it pales in comparison to the horrors that we as humans inflict on each other in the name of power, glory, and progress. And this was just a movie. The real thing is undoubtedly 10 times worse. I wonder what it will take for us as a race of people to finally realize that war will never solve anything.

I don't think I can ever watch this again without some sort of lasting negative effect on my psyche...it was difficult to get thru

@hypnos9336

30w↑14

what an uplifting movie for the whole family to watch together

@Mr.Malliquin666

29w↑3

It makes so mad that there are films that glorify war rather than show the absolute HELL it is like this one does !

@liltick102

1y↑10

Thank you so much for all these masterpieces you’ve uploaded for free, it’s such a privilege to have access to some of my absolute favourites.

@thisisit3333

39w↑5

❤❤❤
This should be required viewing for schools and governments.

@alexanderkarayannis6425

2y↑1.9K

Without any desire for exaggeration, this film is nothing like any other, on the favourite subject of Soviet Cinema...It's a milestone...A brutally realistic depiction of the invasion of Belarus by the Nazis, filmed entirely on location, that leaves nothing to the imagination. Excellent acting, by an all amateur cast, riveting direction and haunting music, and all the raw violence of a war of attrition such as the Great Patriotic War was...A punch in the gut sort of movie, not very likely to be forgotten any time soon, if only because of its realism and aftertaste, and a whole new concept in war movies, when it was made ( back in 1984-85)...Thank you Mosfilm, for another excellent upload...

@kenta8412

2y↑13

The Ascent?

@harrys.tottle7779

2y↑24

Great movie too...No wonder it was directed by this film's director's wife, Larissa Shepitko and a beautiful Ukrainian woman she was too!...

@alexanderkarayannis6425

2y↑18

@Harry S. Tottle Indeed...Another fantastic film, directed by Elem Klimov's wife, and the best female director of all time to boot...

@hectichazerdus

2y↑24

I have seen well over 100 war movies but none describe war the way this does. This is war! This is it!

@yorktown2203

2y↑4

Excellent

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@gogolplex74

1y↑30

This makes Saving Private Ryan look like a Disney movie

@zarkopetrovic7472

Agree 💯💯💯

@Ronin_dv

21w

Так и есть.

@feistyylilthing

38w↑6

wow what a powerful movie. i like there being a comment section for movies like this because it's perfect for sharing feelings, discussion, stories and experiences right after watching the film. It's like therapy!

@aztro4010

15w↑7

One of the few movies that legit terrified me during my first watch, a non horror movie that's just as scary as your average Hollywood one. There's no cliche haunted house, no cliche creepy demon or spirits, no cliche killer in a weird mask. Just those who commit such heinous acts against those in a land that's not there's.

@theundertaker2648

51w↑15

This is one of the most disturbing movies out there and it is nothing short of a masterpiece. It deeply disturbed me and I will likely think about it from time to time.

@MikeBezalel

42w↑16

This is the most horrifying film I've ever seen. A masterpiece.

@user-bz2rk4kr2q

41w↑1

Hell... This is hell ....

@mellisb

2y↑592

Those who think Saving Private Ryan is the greatest WWII film ever made has NEVER seen this film.
I was devastated for days after seeing this. The fact that this atrocity happened over 600 times sickens me.

@blueguy2128

2y↑55

That movie has a ton of inaccuracies as well for hollywood effect. Very disappointing

@gordonhenderson1965

1y↑56

It was the greatest war movie about the Americans on D-Day. This one is something else entirely.

@arsxnavlt

1y↑2

Saving Private Ryan is sensationalist, self-congratulatory, Hollywood garbage

@GratiaPlenaS2

1y↑7

@Blue Guy cloud you please Tell me 3 inaccurancies?

@ruinau

1y↑33

@Blue Guy Inaccuracies and effects, is it all what worries you? I read several sources and interviews, trying to assess how close this film depicted the reality, and the the hard conclusion is the reality was even worse. And it correlates in full with personal experiences as a kid listening to locals who survived the occupation and those who fought, including former partisans (some of them teachers at my school). Belorussia was hit hard, but it was so pretty much everywhere under german occupation. So, come and see.

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@morbidangel83

1y↑7

Man the close-upd in this film are out of this world! Not a single one is wasted.

@dcs0113

41w↑23

How this never got an international academy award is beyond comprehension...

@user-gd9bi2hg5m

40w↑18

потмоу что это русский фильм

@ignidrakkos7546

35w↑2

The West is deciding what movie worth those prizes.

@PATRICKK_BATEMAN

34w

West was against Communist back then

@attyoma8226

31w

@@user-gd9bi2hg5m 1) Фильм белорусский
2) Русские фильмы номинируются на зарубежные награды (из относительно свежих на Оскар номинировались "Дылда", "Нелюбовь" и "Левиафан", и я уж молчу сколько наших выиграли Канны и Приз Веницианского Кинофестиваля, даже "Иди и смотри" последнюю получил)

@esajuhanirintamaki965

28w

So, Oscarprize is totally worthless. Just an American crap!

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@chrisgreene2623

1y↑5

Saw this back in the eighties in London and could not remember the name of this movie and here it is!! Much thanks!

@stanhalen4072

50w↑15

What a movie. Definitely one you don’t have to watch more than once.. very emotional, and absolutely amazing acting from the lead. Stirred up some feelings inside-

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