Film

Ivan's Childhood

7.819621h 35m16Drama War

Age rating: 16
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Year: 1962

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.

Top 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)

Directed by

Andrei Tarkovsky

Written by

Vladimir Bogomolov, Mikhail Papava, Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrei Konchalovsky