Ivanovo detstvo (1962)

Director:

Andrei Tarkovsky

Writers:

Vladimir Bogomolov (screenplay)
Vladimir Bogomolov (story)

Release Date:

27 June 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

12-year old Ivan works as a spy at the eastern front. The small Ivan can cross the German lines unnoticed to collect information...

Plot Keywords:

Dead Children | Anti War | Boy | Childhood | Devastated Landscape

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Nikolai Burlyayev	...	Ivan (as Kolya Burlyayev)
Valentin Zubkov	...	Capt. Kholin (as V. Zubkov)
Yevgeni Zharikov	...	Lt. Galtsev (as Ye. Zharikov)
Stepan Krylov	...	Cpl. Katasonov (as S. Krylov)
Nikolai Grinko	...	Lt. Col. Gryaznov (as N. Grinko)
Dmitri Milyutenko	...	Old Man (as D. Milyutenko)
Valentina Malyavina	...	Masha (as V. Malyavina)
Irma Raush	...	Ivan's Mother (as I. Tarkovskaya)
Andrei Konchalovsky	...	Soldier (as A. Konchalovsky)
Ivan Savkin		(as I. Savkin)
Vladimir Marenkov		(as V. Marenkov)
Vera Miturich	...	Girl

Also Known As:

Иваново детство (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Childhood of Ivan
Ivan's Childhood
My Name Is Ivan (USA)
The Youngest Spy

Runtime:

95 min | USA:84 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian | German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16 | UK:PG (re-rating) (1988) | UK:A (original rating) | Hong Kong:I

Company:

Ministerstvo Kinematografii

Trivia:

This movie was Andrei Tarkovsky's first major film.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dead Man (1995)

a word from a genius

This is the movie that APOCALYPSE NOW tried to be with all of its grand visuals. Tarkovski did something in hour and a half that Coppola tried in three. How beautiful, important and brilliant this movie is, can´t be explained. You have to see it and sense it through your every pore. True master-piece from the greatest director in the world (apologies to Bergman and Kubrick).