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Black and white photo of a boy’s face partially obscured by pine branches and a large spider web in a forest setting.

Ivan's Childhood

classified 12A

part of Mosaics of Time: The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky

Film

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Director
Andrei Tarkovsky, Eduard Abalov
Cast
Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Evgeniy Zharikov
Details
95 mins, Subtitled, 1962, Soviet Union
Primary language
Russian, German

Andrei Tarkovsky’s extraordinarily accomplished debut feature is a powerful and moving tale of a 12-year-old boy who vows to avenge his family’s death at the hands of the Nazis.

Striking up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers, young Ivan becomes a spy on the eastern front.

The film was awarded the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival in 1962 and brought the Russian director international acclaim.

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