Idi i smotri (1985)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Elem Klimov

Writers:

Ales Adamovich (screenplay)
Ales Adamovich (stories)
(more)

Release Date:

17 October 1985 (Hungary)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

A boy is unwillingly thrust into the atrocities of war in WWII Byelorussia, fighting for a hopelessly...

Plot Keywords:

WWII | Atrocity | Byelorussia | German Soldier | Airplane

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Aleksei Kravchenko	...	Florya Gaishun (as A. Kravchenko)
Olga Mironova	...	Glasha (as O. Mironova)
Liubomiras Lauciavicius	...	Kosach (as L. Lautsyavichius)
Vladas Bagdonas		(as V. Bagdonas)
Jüri Lumiste
Viktor Lorents		(as V. Lorents)
Kazimir Rabetsky		(as K. Rabetsky)
Yevgeni Tilicheyev		(as Ye. Tilicheyev)
Aleksandr Berda		(as A. Berda)
G. Velts
V. Vasilyev
Igor Gnevashev		(as I. Gnevashev)
Vasili Domrachyov		(as V. Domrachyov)
G. Yelkin
Ye. Kryzhanovsky
N. Lisichenok
Vladimir Manayev		(as V. Manayev)
Takhir Matyullin		(as T. Matyulin)
Pyotr Merkuryev		(as P. Merkuryev)
Valentin Mishatkin		(as V. Mishatkin)
G. Matytsky
Yevgeniya Polyakova		(as Ye. Polyakova)
Anatoli Slivnikov		(as A. Slivnikov)
Georgi Strokov		(as G. Strokov)
Tatyana Shestakova		(as T. Shestakova)
Oleg Shapko		(as O. Shapko)

Directed by
Elem Klimov		(as E. Klimov)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ales Adamovich		screenplay (as A. Adamovich)
Ales Adamovich		stories (as A. Adamovich)
Elem Klimov		screenplay (as E. Klimov)

Original Music by
Oleg Yanchenko		(as O. Yanchenko)

Cinematography by
Aleksei Rodionov		(as A. Rodionov)

Film Editing by
Valeriya Belova		(as V. Belova)

Production Design by
Viktor Petrov		(as V. Petrov)

Art Direction by
Viktor Petrov		(as V. Petrov)

Set Decoration by
Viktor Petrov		(as V. Petrov)

Costume Design by
Eleonora Semyonova		(as E. Semyonova)

Makeup Department
V. Bolotnikov	....	makeup artist
S. Mikhlina	....	makeup artist
A. Zhurba	....	makeup artist

Production Management
S. Tereshchenko	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
N. Grakina	....	assistant director
I. Levandovskaya	....	assistant director
Afanasiy Trishkin	....	assistant director (as A. Trishkin)

Sound Department
Viktor Mors	....	sound engineer (as V. Mors)

Special Effects by
N. Andreyev	....	pyrotechnician
Ya. Goldman	....	pyrotechnician
Albert Rudachenko	....	special effects coordinator (as A. Rudachenko)
V. Zemnokha	....	pyrotechnician
Viktor Zhanov	....	special effects operator (as V. Zhanov)

Camera and Electrical Department
B. Galper	....	camera operator
K. Klimin	....	assistant camera
N. Zuyev	....	assistant camera

Music Department
Mina Blank	....	music editor (as M. Blank)

Other crew
P. Gutenko	....	military advisor
Anatoli Kudryavtsev	....	script supervisor (as A. Kudryavtsev)
Yu. Oksachenko	....	trainee production administrator
V. Ponochevnyi	....	production administrator
Ada Repina	....	script supervisor (as A. Repina)
Z. Rogozovskaya	....	production administrator

Production Companies

• Mosfilm
• Belarusfilm

Distributors

• Sovexportfilm (1985) (worldwide) (all media)
• Sandrew Film & Teater (1986) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Seagull Films (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Shochiku-Fuji Company (1987) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Unidoc (1987) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb (1986) (East Germany) (theatrical)
• Divisa Home Video (2008) (Spain) (DVD)
• Empresa Hispanoamericana de Video (EHV) (????) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Globo Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• Happinet (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
• Icestorm Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• International Film Exchange (IFEX) (1987) (USA) (subtitled)
• International Visual Corporation (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• Kino Video (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Lume Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• New Star (2009) (Greece) (all media)
• Njutafilms (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• RUSCICO (2004) (worldwide) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Иди и смотри (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Come and See (USA)
Go and See

Runtime:

142 min | Argentina:146 min | Germany:146 min | USA:140 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Belarusian | Russian | German

Colour:

Black and White (archive footage) | Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:15 | France:U | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16

Company:

Mosfilm

Trivia:

Live ammunition was used in the film - in interviews, actor Aleksei Kravchenko has described actual bullets passing some 10 centimeters above his head.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Some of the Russian collaborators wear the POA (Russian Liberation Army) uniforms and patches. However, the POA was created only in 1944.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Defiance (2008)

Soundtrack:

Die Walküre

Unbelievable

The best true-to-life war movie I have ever seen, and possibly the best movie I have ever seen. My eyes were opened when I saw this for the first time a few days ago. It made me realise what I miss 99% of the time when watching movies. So few affect me like this one did.

No special effects of note, no big budget, no set-pieces of note, no heroes, no redemption. I feel quite sure the director has really captured what war 'feels' like - unlike Spielberg and Coppola's depictions of war, this director lived through WW2 and the horrific siege of Stalingrad, as well as spending many months researching the massacres in Belarus, one of which he depicts in this film (this from the DVD extras, well worth watching).

The direction, cinematography, soundtrack and AMAZING acting by a first-time untrained actor in the main role are faultless, in my humble opinion.

I found this film depressing and emotionally draining, but cannot wait to watch it again.