'' Come and See '' had to wait eight years for approval from Soviet authorities before the film was finally produced to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II , and was a large box-office hit , with 28,900,000 admissions in the Soviet Union alone . The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee
58th Academy Awards
58th Academy Awards
Come and See