Come and See story
Come and See (Russian: Иди и смотри, Idi i smotri; Belarusian: Ідзі і глядзі, Idzi i hlyadzi) is a 1985 Belarusian film directed by Elem Klimov filmed in the Soviet Union, with a screenplay written by Klimov and Ales Adamovich based on the 1978 book I Am from the Fiery Village (original title: Я из огненной деревни, Ya iz ognennoj Derevni, 1977) by Adamovich et al.. The film stars Aleksei Kravchenko and Olga Mironova. Come and See is generally viewed as one of the most important anti-war movies ever made, and one of the great movies in history with the most historically accurate depictions of the crimes on the Eastern Front.patriotism
8 total · 3 choice · 4 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| atrocities of war | choice | Nazis slaughtered innocent Belorussians, including children |
| the horrors of war | choice | the movie showed German aggressions and atrocities committed on poor people in Belarus, as well as some rather nasty behavior by Belorussian militants |
| what it is like to live through a military occupation | choice | We saw various Belorussian villagers under the iron fist of the brutal Wehrmacht. |
| coping with the death of one's entire family | major | Flyora returned to find his family and entire village, slaughtered by Germans. |
| ethnic hatred | major | Belorussian learned to hate their Teuton tormentors who, in turn, thought of the Slavs as vermin |
| infatuation | major | Flyora and Glasha |
| the desire for vengeance | major | in particular,the events of the movie instilled in Flyora a burning desire to do to Germans what Germans had done to Belorussians |
| patriotism | minor | Flyora was in the beginning eager to join up and fight for his country |