Ivan's Childhood
Original title: Ivanovo detstvo · Turkish title: İvan'in çocukluğu
1962 · 1 h 35 min
Directed by 
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei TarkovskyCast
Nikolay Burlyaev 
Valentin Zubkov Evgeniy Zharikov
Credits
Written by: Vladimir Bogomolov
Plot
A twelve-year-old boy works as a scout behind German lines in the Second World War.
Sinekatalog’s take
Tarkovsky's debut follows a boy scout in WWII. Poetic and bleak, it mixes dream sequences with harsh war scenes, and it already shows his gift for haunting images.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.0 / 10 (44,201 votes)
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