May 9th
Come and See**
USSR 1985. Mosfilm/Belarusfilm. 142m.
In Belorussia in 1943, a boy joins the Partisans whilst the local villages are being ransacked by the Germans.
Searing war drama made to commemorate the 40th anniversary of VE Day, but focusing much more on the atrocities committed by the Nazis. Slow and confusing to begin with, it builds with increasing intensity and horror (although the brief use of stock footage is unnecessary), so that by the end the images more resemble Hieronymus Bosch paintings than warfare.
Written by: Ales Adamovich, Elem Klimov.
Producer: S. Tereschenko.
Director: Elem Klimov.
Starring: Alexei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Vladas Bagdonas, Victor Lorents, Juri Lumiste, and others.
Photography: Alexei Rodionov.
Music: Oleg Yanchenko, Mozart.
Production Design: Viktor Petrov.
Roger Ebert review
Come and See**
USSR 1985. Mosfilm/Belarusfilm. 142m.
In Belorussia in 1943, a boy joins the Partisans whilst the local villages are being ransacked by the Germans.
Searing war drama made to commemorate the 40th anniversary of VE Day, but focusing much more on the atrocities committed by the Nazis. Slow and confusing to begin with, it builds with increasing intensity and horror (although the brief use of stock footage is unnecessary), so that by the end the images more resemble Hieronymus Bosch paintings than warfare.
Written by: Ales Adamovich, Elem Klimov.
Producer: S. Tereschenko.
Director: Elem Klimov.
Starring: Alexei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Vladas Bagdonas, Victor Lorents, Juri Lumiste, and others.
Photography: Alexei Rodionov.
Music: Oleg Yanchenko, Mozart.
Production Design: Viktor Petrov.
Roger Ebert review
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