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Ivan's Childhood

Original title: Ivanovo detstvo
  • 19621962
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 35m
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8.0/10
38K
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Nikolay Burlyaev in Ivan's Childhood (1962)
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During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines.During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines.During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
38K
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Eduard Abalov(fired)
  • Writers
    • Vladimir Bogomolov(story "Ivan")
    • Mikhail Papava(screenplay)
    • Andrei Tarkovsky(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Nikolay Burlyaev
    • Valentin Zubkov
    • Evgeniy Zharikov
  • Directors
    • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Eduard Abalov(fired)
  • Writers
    • Vladimir Bogomolov(story "Ivan")
    • Mikhail Papava(screenplay)
    • Andrei Tarkovsky(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Nikolay Burlyaev
    • Valentin Zubkov
    • Evgeniy Zharikov
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    • 90User reviews
    • 96Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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    Nikolay Burlyaev in Ivan's Childhood (1962)
    Nikolay Burlyaev in Ivan's Childhood (1962)
    Nikolay Burlyaev in Ivan's Childhood (1962)
    Nikolay Burlyaev in Ivan's Childhood (1962)
    Vera Miturich in Ivan's Childhood (1962)
    Irina Tarkovskaya in Ivan's Childhood (1962)
    Irina Tarkovskaya in Ivan's Childhood (1962)
    Ivan's Childhood (1962)
    Evgeniy Zharikov in Ivan's Childhood (1962)
    Evgeniy Zharikov in Ivan's Childhood (1962)
    Evgeniy Zharikov and Valentin Zubkov in Ivan's Childhood (1962)
    Nikolay Burlyaev and Evgeniy Zharikov in Ivan's Childhood (1962)

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    Nikolay Burlyaev
    Nikolay Burlyaev
    • Ivan Bondarev
    • (as Kolya Burlyaev)
    Valentin Zubkov
    Valentin Zubkov
    • Leonid Kholin
    • (as V. Zubkov)
    Evgeniy Zharikov
    Evgeniy Zharikov
    • Galtsev
    • (as Ye. Zharikov)
    Stepan Krylov
    Stepan Krylov
    • Katasonov
    • (as S. Krylov)
    Nikolay Grinko
    Nikolay Grinko
    • Gryaznov
    • (as N. Grinko)
    Dmitri Milyutenko
    Dmitri Milyutenko
    • Old Man
    • (as D. Milyutenko)
    Valentina Malyavina
    Valentina Malyavina
    • Masha
    • (as V. Malyavina)
    Irina Tarkovskaya
    Irina Tarkovskaya
    • Ivan's Mother
    • (as I. Tarkovskaya)
    Andrey Konchalovskiy
    Andrey Konchalovskiy
    • Soldier with glasses
    • (as A. Konchalovskiy)
    Ivan Savkin
    Ivan Savkin
      Vladimir Marenkov
      Vladimir Marenkov
        Vera Miturich
        Vera Miturich
        • Girl
        Nikolay Smorchkov
        Nikolay Smorchkov
        • Starshina
        • (uncredited)
        • Directors
          • Andrei Tarkovsky
          • Eduard Abalov(fired) (uncredited)
        • Writers
          • Vladimir Bogomolov(story "Ivan") (screenplay)
          • Mikhail Papava(screenplay)
          • Andrei Tarkovsky(uncredited)
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        Storyline

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        • Trivia
          Tarkosvky shows real footage of occupied Berlin, including the charred corpse of Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's Minister of propaganda, and the bodies of his six children murdered by their parents in Berlin on 1 May 1945.
        • Goofs
          In the famous "Well Scene" Ivan's mother says "If A well is too deep you can see a star in it even in the day time". While speaking she is standing on the left hand side of Ivan but when their reflection is shown in water she is standing on the right hand side. Lateral Inversion has not been depicted correctly. Please have a look.
        • Quotes

          Ivan's Mother: If a well is really deep, you can see a star down there even in the middle of a sunny day.

        • Connections
          Edited into Moskovskaya elegiya (1990)
        • Soundtracks
          Ne velyat Mashe
          [Song played on the gramophone. English translation: "Masha is not allowed beyond the river".]

        User reviews90

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        10/10
        Childhood Interrupted
        The first full-length feature film by the great Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky caused a sensation when it was released and shown at Venice Film Festival in 1962 where it won the Golden Lion. The world had not seen such a powerful motion picture about war and what it does to the youngest and weakest - the children. It is a bleak, haunting and horrifying portrait of lost innocence and the childhood that was interrupted the very day the boy's family was murdered. Although Ivan survived physically, he was changed forever, not a boy but a man who looked in the eye of triumphant death and horror. The film introduces young Nikolai (Kolya) Burlyaev in the fascinating performance as Ivan. "Ivan's Childhood" is a screen adaptation of the story by a Russian writer Vladimir Bogomolov "Ivan" which is a fiction story but it is based on the real facts. Millions young boys and girls perished during the endless days, months, and years of the worst war of the last century. Bogomolov fought as a soldier during the WWII. He was only 15 years old but he had forged his papers - added two years, dropped from his school and joined the Army. He had been seriously wounded three times but survived and finished the war in Berlin - the 19 year old soldier with six medals for courage and heroism. He was a very good writer and I love his books "Moment of Truth" ("In the August of 1944"), and "Zosya" that were also adapted to very good movies in Russia.
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        • Galina_movie_fan
        • Dec 6, 2006

        Details

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        • Release date
          • June 27, 1963 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • Soviet Union
        • Languages
          • Russian
          • German
        • Also known as
          • My Name Is Ivan
        • Filming locations
          • Dnieper River, Kanev, Ukraine
        • Production companies
          • Mosfilm
          • Trete Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie
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        Box office

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        • Gross US & Canada
          • $22,168
        • Opening weekend US & Canada
          • $11,537
          • Sep 15, 2002
        • Gross worldwide
          • $70,588
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        Technical specs

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        • Runtime
          1 hour 35 minutes
        • Color
          • Black and White
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.37 : 1

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