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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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Andrei TarkovskyDirector
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Vladimir BogomolovWriter
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CRCulver ★ 6.0/10
Ivan’s Childhood, 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-ye…1. Sep 2018badelf ★ 10.0/10
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…14. Jul 2026Production companies
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Vann aðalverðlaun á kvikmyndahátíðinni í Feneyjum árið 1962, myndin sjálf, leikstjórinn og aðalleikarinn.
