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Ivan's Childhood

1962Age guide: 12+

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In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.

★ 7.8/10 · 877 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

  • Nikolay BurlyaevIvan
  • Valentin ZubkovKholin
  • Yevgeni ZharikovGaltsev
  • Stepan KrylovKatasonov
  • Mykola HrynkoGryaznov
  • Dmytro MilyutenkoOld Man
  • Valentina MalyavinaMasha
  • Irma RaushIvan's Mother

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Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers

CRCulver: Ivan’s Childhood, released in 1962, was Soviet director's Andrei Tarkovsky first feature film. An adaptation of a short story by Vladimir Bogomolov set… Read full review

badelf: Summary: 10/10: A masterpiece of visual poetry and historical witness that invented the aesthetic grammar Tarkovsky would refine for the rest of his… Read full review

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