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Ivan's Childhood
1962Age guide: 12+
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See it on the shelfIn 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


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
