Ivan's Childhood
1962•1h 35m•7.8•Released
DramaWar
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.
Director
Andrei Tarkovsky
Writer
Vladimir Bogomolov, Mikhail Papava, Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrei Konchalovsky
Languages
German, Russian
Studio
Mosfilm
Cast
Nikolay Burlyaev
Ivan
Valentin Zubkov
Kholin
Yevgeni Zharikov
Galtsev
Stepan Krylov
Katasonov
Mykola Hrynko
Gryaznov
Dmytro Milyutenko
Old Man
Valentina Malyavina
Masha
Irma Raush
Ivan's Mother
Andrei Konchalovsky
Soldier with Glasses
Ivan Savkin
Vladimir Marenkov
Vera Miturich
Girl
Nikolay Smorchkov
Starshina (uncredited)
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