Nikolay Burlyaev
Ivan
Valentin Zubkov
Kholin
Yevgeni Zharikov
Galtsev
Stepan Krylov
Katasonov
Mykola Hrynko
Gryaznov
Dmytro Milyutenko
Old Man
Valentina Malyavina
Masha
Ivan Savkin
Vladimir Marenkov
Vera Miturich
Girl
Nikolay Smorchkov
Starshina (uncredited)
Status
Released
Original Language
ru
Keywords
- #dreams
- #spy
- #world war ii
- #swamp
- #flashback
- #black and white
- #animals
- #apple
- #flare
- #1940s
- #children in wartime
Reviews
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@CRCulverover 7 years ago
<i>Ivan’s Childhood</i>, 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. Gryaz