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Come and See (1985)
During WWII, a Belarusian boy is thrust into the atrocities of war, fighting with a hopelessly unequipped Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces. The film’s title derives from Chapter 6 of The Apocalypse of John, in which “Come and see” is said in the first, third, fifth and seventh verses as an invitation to…
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Kray (The Edge) 2010
The Edge (Russian: Край, translit. Kray) is a 2010 Russian drama film directed by Alexei Uchitel. The action takes place shortly after the end of the Second World War in the Siberian hinterland, among Russians and Germans with damaged personal stories and a strange transformation: the victors seem to be crawling into the skins of the…