History YMMV / ComeAndSee

* NightmareFuel: Most scenes in the latter half of the movie, from the swamp and onwards. The most chilling fact is that ''everything'' here happened in reality. No HollywoodHistory, this is. [[SarcasmMode If you really want to sleep well]], take a look at the [[NightmareFuel/ComeAndSee Nightmare Fuel page]].

* AdaptationDisplacement: The film is way more well-known than the novel it's based on.

* EpilepticTrees: Was Glasha real or part of Flyora's imagination?

* FridgeBrilliance:
** Flyora being unable to shoot the images of Hitler as a schoolboy and a baby. It sends a message that speaks volumes to the viewer.
--->Do you really believe Hitler was born evil?
--->Do you really believe that killing him, even as a baby, would prevent UsefulNotes/WorldWarII?
** When the villagers in Perekhody are herded into the church, the German officer tells them that they can come out as long as they leave their children behind; nobody stops Flyora when he climbs out a window. Likewise, when one of the partisans yells at the 'new kid' to hurry up at the end of the film, it's revealed that he's addressing a new recruit, not Flyora. This reinforces the film's portrayal of Flyora's accelerated evolution from carefree adolescent to battle-hardened soldier.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: No matter how good intentions you may have had going into it, war will eat away your innocence and sanity to the point that [[MotiveDecay your original intentions would be worthless]] and Flyora, the main character, only comes off as sympathetic in the end by realizing that at one point even Hitler had been innocent.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The film is much more well-known than the novel it's based on.

* CompleteMonster: The nameless young ''Obersturmfuhrer'' is an ice-eyed Nazi who stands out as the most inhuman member of the sadistic [[StateSec SS]] Dirlewanger troop, being even worse than the old man himself. Descending on a small town with his unit, the ''Obersturmfuhrer'' rounds up the entire populace in a church and gives them an [[SadisticChoice ultimatum]]: any can leave, but they must abandon their children. The ''Obersturmfuhrer'' then torches the entire building to the ground with the screaming population still inside; the one woman who attempts to escape with a child is sent off by the ''Obersturmfuhrer'' to be gang-raped into insanity after her child is tossed back into the church. When he's finally confronted at the end of a gun, the ''Obersturmfuhrer'' defiantly spits that his victims deserved it all and need to be wiped out, even remarking he [[WouldHurtAChild singled out the children]] to kill them because "problems always start with the kids".

* CompleteMonster: The nameless young ''Obersturmfuhrer'' is an ice-eyed Nazi who stands out as the most inhuman member of his sadistic [[StateSec SS]] troop. Descending on a small town with his unit, the ''Obersturmfuhrer'' rounds up the entire populace in a church and gives them an [[SadisticChoice ultimatum]]: any can leave, but they must abandon their children. The ''Obersturmfuhrer'' then torches the entire building to the ground with the screaming population still inside; the one woman who attempts to escape with a child is sent off by the ''Obersturmfuhrer'' to be gang-raped into insanity after her child is tossed back into the church. When he's finally confronted at the end of a gun, the ''Obersturmfuhrer'' defiantly spits that his victims deserved it all and need to be wiped out, even remarking he [[WouldHurtAChild singled out the children]] to kill them because "problems always start with the kids".

* OneSceneWonder: Technically, he's a ''three''-scene wonder, but the nameless young ''Obersturmfuhrer'' is memorable for delivering some of the movie's most chilling dialogue during his brief screentime. Whereas his fellow soldiers cravenly beg for their lives, he shows no fear in front of the partisans [[DefiantToTheEnd and tells them to their faces that they're subhumans who don't deserve to exist.]] What makes it all the more unsettling to watch is that it's clear he's a true believer in the cause of national socialism. The other Waffen-SS troops seem like they're only in it to gratify their depraved whims, but he ''really'' believes in the righteousness of the Nazi's genocidal conquests.

** When the villagers in Perekhody are herded into the church, the German officer tells them that they can come out as long as they leave their children behind; nobody stops Flyora when he climbs out a window. Likewise, when one of the partisans yells at the 'new kid' to hurry up at the end of the film, it is revealed that he is addressing a new recruit, not Flyora. This reinforces the film's portrayal of Flyora's accelerated evolution from carefree adolescent to battle-hardened soldier.

* OneSceneWonder: Technically, he's a ''two''-scene wonder, but the nameless young ''Obersturmfuhrer'' is memorable for delivering some of the movie's most chilling dialogue. Whereas his fellow soldiers cravenly beg for their lives, he shows no fear in front of the partisans [[DefiantToTheEnd and tells them to their faces that they're subhumans who don't deserve to exist.]] What makes it all the more unsettling to watch is that it's clear he's a true believer in the cause of national socialism. The other Waffen-SS troops seem like they're only in it to gratify their depraved whims, but he ''really'' believes in the righteousness of the Nazi's genocidal conquests.

* MoralEventHorizon: The actions of the SS troops at the ending, ''especially'' when they burn down the village church with all the families inside. When the church first catches fire, the soldiers cheer and break into unanimous applause.

* OneSceneWonder: Technically he's a ''two'' scene wonder, but the nameless young ''Obersturmfuhrer'' is memorable for delivering some of the movie's most chilling dialogue. Whereas his fellow soldiers cravenly beg for their lives, he shows no fear in front of the partisans [[DefiantToTheEnd and tells them to their faces that they're subhumans who don't deserve to exist.]] What makes it all the more unsettling to watch is that it's clear he's a true believer in the cause of national socialism. The other Waffen-SS troops seem like they're only in it to gratify their depraved whims, but he ''really'' believes in the righteousness of the Nazi's genocidal conquests.

** When the villagers in Perekhody are herded into the church, the German officer tells them that they can come out as long as they leave their children behind; nobody stops Flyora when he climbs out a window. Likewise, when one of the partisans yells at the 'new kid' to hurry up at the end of the film, it is revealed that he is addressing a new recruit, not Florya. This reinforces the film's portrayal of Flyora's accelerated evolution from carefree adolescent to battle-hardened soldier.

* OneSceneWonder: Technically he's a ''two'' scene wonder, but the nameless young ''Obersturmfuhrer'' is memorable for delivering some of the movie's most chilling dialogue. Whereas his fellow soldiers cravenly beg for their lives, he shows no fear in front of the partisans [[DefiantToTheEnd and tells them to their faces that they're subhumans who don't deserve to exist.]] What makes all the more unsettling to watch is that it's clear he's a true believer in the cause of national socialism. The other Waffen-SS troops seem like they're only in it so they gratify their depraved and hedonistic whims, but he ''really'' believes in the righteousness of the Nazi's genocidal conquests.

* OneSceneWonder: Technically he's a ''two'' scene wonder, but the nameless young ''Obersturmfuhrer'' is memorable for delivering some of the movie's most chilling dialogue. Whereas his fellow soldiers cravenly beg for their lives, he shows no fear in front of the partisans [[DefiantToTheEnd and tells them to their faces that they're subhumans who don't deserve to exist.]] What makes all the more unsettling to watch is that it's clear he's a true believer in the cause of national socialism. The other Waffen-SS troops seem like they're only in it so they gratify their depraved and hedonistic whims, but he ''really'' believes in the righteousness of the Nazi cause.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The film is much more well known than the novel it's based on.

* {{Adorkable}}: Flyora at the beginning of the film is naive, eager to please, and somewhat socially awkward. Driven home by the fact that he's wearing a suit that's a size too big for him on the day he joins; apparently he thought he should look his best for LaResistance, and so dug out one of his dad's old suits.

--->Do you really believe that killing him, even as a baby, would prevent World War II?

* CompleteMonster: The nameless young ''Obersturmfuhrer'' is an ice-eyed Nazi who stands out as the most inhuman member of his sadistic [[StateSec SS]] troop. Descending on a small town with his unit, the ''Obersturmfuhrer'' rounds up the entire populace in a church and gives them an [[SadisticChoice ultimatum]]: any can leave, but they must abandon their children. The ''Obersturmfuhrer'' then torches the entire building to the ground with the screaming population still inside; the one woman who attempts to escape with a child is sent off by the ''Obersturmfuhrer'' to be gang-raped into insanity after her child is tossed back into the church. When he's finally confronted at the end of a gun, the ''Obersturmfuhrer'' defiantly spits that his victims deserved it all and need to be wiped out, even remarking he [[WouldHurtAChild singled out the children]] to kill because "problems always start with the kids".

* ToughActToFollow: After this film, Elem Klimov felt he had said everything he needed to say as a director, and retired from filmmaking.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: As said before: this film is surreal, nightmarish, and very hallucinogenic.

--->Do you really believe that killing him, even as a baby, would prevent World War 2?

* AdaptationDisplacement: Considerably more well known than the novel it's based on.

* FridgeBrilliance: Flyora being unable to shoot the images of Hitler as a schoolboy and a baby. It sends a message that speaks volumes to the viewer.
-->Do you really believe Hitler was born evil?
-->Do you really believe that killing him, even as a baby, would prevent World War 2?