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Ivan's Childhood

Ivan's Childhood

1962 · 95 min · RU · 7.9 (637 votes)
Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky · Starring Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Yevgeni Zharikov, Stepan Krylov, Mykola Hrynko, Dmytro Milyutenko · Music Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
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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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This is a haunting, dreamlike journey into the lost childhood of a boy caught in the brutal grip of war. Its melancholic, poetic visuals and slow-burn pace immerse you in a world of stark beauty and profound sorrow, exploring memory and the enduring scars of conflict.

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