Ivan's Childhood

1962 · directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

Rating

87/100

Hit

yes

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.

Ivan's Childhood (1962), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, rates 87/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Nikolay Burlyaev
• Valentin Zubkov
• Yevgeni Zharikov
• Stepan Krylov
• Mykola Hrynko
• Dmytro Milyutenko
• Valentina Malyavina
• Irma Raush
• Andrei Konchalovsky
• Ivan Savkin

Crew

• Vadim Yusov — Director of Photography
• Lyudmila Feiginova — Editor
• Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov — Original Music Composer
• Andrei Konchalovsky — Screenplay
• Andrei Tarkovsky — Screenplay
• Mikhail Papava — Screenplay
• Vladimir Bogomolov — Screenplay

More from Andrei Tarkovsky

1. Andrei Rublev (1966) — 98/100 · hit
2. Stalker (1979) — 97/100 · hit
3. Mirror (1975) — 96/100 · hit
4. Solaris (1972) — 88/100 · hit
5. The Sacrifice (1986) — 81/100 · hit
6. Nostalgia (1983) — 80/100 · hit

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