Come and See

Come and See follows Flyora, a young Belarusian teenager who joins the Soviet resistance during the Nazi occupation of Belarus in 1943, only to witness unspeakable horrors that strip away his innocence. Directed by Elem Klimov, the film portrays the systematic massacre of Belarusian villages with harrowing, almost surreal intensity. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most devastating anti-war films ever made, it leaves an indelible mark on all who watch it.

• Director Elem Klimov spent 10 years getting the film approved.
• Real artillery shells were fired near lead actor Aleksei Kravchenko.
• Kravchenko visibly aged and lost weight during filming.
• The film is based on survivor testimonies from Nazi-occupied Belarus.
• Klimov reportedly never made another film after completing it.

• Don't touch me! Don't touch me ever again!
• You'll go mad. You'd better not watch.
• We're not people to them. Remember that.
• The Earth doesn't want to take them in.
• Go, don't look back. Whatever you hear, don't look back.