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Ivan's Childhood( 1962)

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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.

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      Nikolay Burlyaev

      Ivan

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      Valentin Zubkov

      Kholin

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      Yevgeni Zharikov

      Galtsev

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      Stepan Krylov

      Katasonov

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      Nikolay Grinko

      Gryaznov

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      Dmytro Milyutenko

      Old Man

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      Valentina Malyavina

      Masha

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      Irma Raush

      Ivan's Mother

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      Andrei Konchalovsky

      Soldier with Glasses

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      Ivan Savkin

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      Vladimir Marenkov

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      Vera Miturich

      Girl

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      Nikolay Smorchkov

      Starshina (uncredited)

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    A review by CRCulver

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    Written by CRCulver on Sat Sep 01 2018
    <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&nbsp;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 off...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • dreams
    • spy
    • swamp
    • flashback
    • animals
    • apple
    • flare
    • 1940s
    • children in wartime