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09/05/1962 Drama, War 1h 35m
78
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Overview

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.

  1. Andrei Tarkovsky

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Nikolay Burlyaev

    Ivan

  2. Valentin Zubkov

    Kholin

  3. Yevgeni Zharikov

    Galtsev

  4. Stepan Krylov

    Katasonov

  5. Mykola Hrynko

    Gryaznov

  6. Dmytro Milyutenko

    Old Man

  7. Valentina Malyavina

    Masha

  8. Irma Raush

    Ivan's Mother

  9. Andrei Konchalovsky

    Soldier with Glasses

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A review by CRCulver
Written by CRCulver on 2018-09-01
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 in World War II, its protagonist is a 12-year-old orphan (Nikolai Burlyaev) on the Eastern Front whose small size allows him to scout German positions undetected. Ivan's missions have been useful to the army, but officers Lt. Col. Gryaznov (Nikolai Grinko), Capt. Kholin (Valentin Zubkov) and Lt. Galtsev (Evgeny Zharikov) would like very much to send him to a military academy to get him away from the front, especially as the final ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Russian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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