Movie
Ivan's Childhood
19621h 35m7.8 / 10
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.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Ivan's Childhood
Cast
Nikolay BurlyaevIvan
Valentin ZubkovKholin
Yevgeni ZharikovGaltsev
Stepan KrylovKatasonov
Mykola HrynkoGryaznov
Dmytro MilyutenkoOld Man
Valentina MalyavinaMasha
Irma RaushIvan's MotherCredits
- Directed by
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Written by
- Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrei Konchalovsky, Mikhail Papava, Vladimir Bogomolov
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Russian
- Original title
- Иваново детство
Production
MosfilmRussia
Themes
1940sanimalsapplebased on short storyblack and whiteboldchildren in wartimedreams
