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Come and See is a 1985 Soviet epic historical anti-war film directed by Elem Klimov and starring Aleksei Kravchenko and Olga Mironova. Its screenplay, written by Klimov and Ales Adamovich, is based on the 1971 novel Khatyn (Russian: Хатынь), and the 1977 collection of survivor testimonies I Am from the Fiery Village (Russian: Я из огненной деревни, romanized: Ya iz ognennoy derevni), of which Adamovich was a co-author. Klimov had to fight eight years of censorship from the Soviet authorities before he was allowed to produce the film in its entirety.

The film's plot focuses on the German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II, and the events as witnessed by a young Belarusian teenager named Flyora, who joins a partisan unit, and thereafter depicts the Nazi atrocities and human suffering inflicted upon the populace. The film mixes hyper-realism with an underlying surrealism, and philosophical existentialism with poetical, psychological, political and apocalyptic themes. The film received positive reviews during its initial release and received the FIPRESCI prize at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. Come and See was the final film that Klimov directed before his death in 2003.

In the decades since its release, Come and See has received widespread acclaim. The portrayal of the horror, brutality, and psychological damage caused by Nazi atrocities was praised by critics, and Kravchenko's performance has been lauded. In 2022, it was ranked the 41st greatest film of all time in the Sight & Sound directors' poll and 104th in their critics' poll.

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