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Film 1962 95 min

Ivan's Childhood

TMDB Rating ★ 7.8
Votes 857
Director Andrei Tarkovsky
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Drama War
The Story

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.

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Cast & Characters

Nikolay Burlyaev

Nikolay Burlyaev

Ivan
Valentin Zubkov

Valentin Zubkov

Kholin
Yevgeni Zharikov

Yevgeni Zharikov

Galtsev
Stepan Krylov

Stepan Krylov

Katasonov
Mykola Hrynko

Mykola Hrynko

Gryaznov
Dmytro Milyutenko

Dmytro Milyutenko

Old Man
Valentina Malyavina

Valentina Malyavina

Masha
Irma Raush

Irma Raush

Ivan's Mother
Andrei Konchalovsky

Andrei Konchalovsky

Soldier with Glasses
Ivan Savkin

Ivan Savkin
Vladimir Marenkov

Vladimir Marenkov
Vera Miturich

Vera Miturich

Girl
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