Иваново детство
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.
Ivan's Childhood (1962) is a drama and war film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, released on May 9, 1962 with a runtime of 1h 35m. It stars Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Yevgeni Zharikov and Stepan Krylov. Viewers rate it 7.8 out of 10 across 856 ratings.
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Nikolay Burlyaev
as Ivan
Valentin Zubkov
as Kholin
Yevgeni Zharikov
as Galtsev
Stepan Krylov
as Katasonov
Mykola Hrynko
as Gryaznov
Dmytro Milyutenko
as Old Man
Valentina Malyavina
as Masha
Irma Raush
as Ivan's Mother
Andrei Konchalovsky
as Soldier with Glasses
Ivan Savkin
Vladimir Marenkov
Vera Miturich
as Girl
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, written by Edgar Smirnov, Vladimir Bogomolov and Mikhail Papava.
Average viewer score of 7.8/10 from 856 ratings.
<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. Gryaznov (Nikolai…
Reviewed on September 1, 2018
Summary: 10/10: A masterpiece of visual poetry and historical witness that invented the aesthetic grammar Tarkovsky would refine for the rest of his career, and an uncompromising portrait of childhood destroyed by fascist violence that has lost none of its power to devastate. Ivan's Childhood is a dreamy film about a brutal subject. The twelve-year-old Ivan, orphaned and consumed by rage, works as a scout for the…
Reviewed on July 14, 2026
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The main cast of Ivan's Childhood (1962) includes Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Yevgeni Zharikov, Stepan Krylov and Mykola Hrynko. The film was directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Ivan's Childhood was released on May 9, 1962 and runs for 1h 35m.
Ivan's Childhood (1962) holds an average rating of 7.8 out of 10 from 856 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama and war films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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