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Ivan's Childhood

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Original title

Ivanovo detstvo (Ivan's Childhood)

Year

1962

Running time

95 min.

Country

Soviet Union (USSR)

Director

Andrei Tarkovsky

Screenwriter

Vladimir Bogomolov, Mikhail Papava

Cast

Music

Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov

Cinematography

Vadim Yusov

Producer

Mosfilm

Genre

Drama. War | II World War. Spy Film. Childhood. Nazism

Synopsis

The film is centered around a 12 year old Russian boy, Ivan, whose parents died at the hands of Germans invading Russia during the Second World War. In striving single-mindedly to avenge their deaths, he lives the life of a homeless orphan. Sometimes he joins partisans and at other times he is with the Russian Army, but he is always adamant to fight on the front line, and he takes advantage of his small size to get reconnaissance jobs for which grownups would be unsuitable.

Rankings Position

#14 Best Russian Movies of all time
#26 Best War Movies/War Film
#33 Best Movies and TV Series about the Second World War
#62 Best Movies of the '60s

Awards: 1962: Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion

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80 My Favorite War Movies (65)

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