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Ivan's Childhood
Ivanovo detstvo
Soviet Union

1962
95 Min
Black and White
1.37:1
German, Russian

Currently 4.3/5 Stars.

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DIR Andrei Tarkovsky

SCR Vladimir Bogomolov, Mikhail Papava

DP Vadim Yusov

CAST Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, E. Zharikov, S. Krylov, Nikolai Grinko,

Valentina Malyavina, Irina Tarkovskaya, Andrei Konchalovsky

ED G. Natanson

PROD DES Yevgeny Chernyaev

MUSIC Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov

Venice (In Competition): Golden Lion, San Francisco: Golden Gate Award - Best Director
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Synopsis

The debut feature from the great Andrei Tarkovsky, Ivan’s Childhood is an evocative, poetic journey through the
shadows and shards of one boy’s war-torn youth. Moving back and forth between the traumatic realities of
WWII and the serene moments of family life before the conflict began, Tarkovsky’s film remains one of the most
jarring and unforgettable depictions of the impact of violence on children in wartime. —The Criterion Collection

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Andrei Tarkovsky
One of the most important artists of the second half of the twentieth century, Tarkovsky was one of the few
unqualified masters in the history of film. While he certainly wasn’t the only great director of his generation of
Soviet filmmakers, he was, like Eisenstein was to an earlier generation, its most renowned and most influential.

The son of artists- actress Maria Ivanovna and poet Arseni Tarkovski— he studied both Arabic and geology
before turning to film. He enrolled at VGIK in 1959, directed the acclaimed short The Steamroller and the Violin
in 1960 and won the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival for his first feature, Ivan’s Childhood,
in 1962. By the time he completed his second feature, Andrei Rublev, he was regarded by many as “a poet of the

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cinema” – and by the Soviet censors as dangerously esoteric. Unreleased in the Soviet Union until 1971 (and
then only in a truncated version), Andrei Rublev was seen first at international festivals and widely… read more

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CarlosEsquives

24Oct13

Andrei Tarkovsky realiza un filme ya iniciado y convierte este cuento de horror en una adaptación lírica. La luz y
la fotografía es majestuosa. Halos de luces, brillo, contraluces y texturas maderosas. La infancia de un niño tiene
dos versiones: la real(guerra, precocidad) y del sueño(maternal, inocente). Hay mucho misterio en las
ensoñaciones de este filme. Influencia de directores rusos del 50: Chukhrai y Kalatazov

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A47

9Aug13

Nobody does the dream sequence, nor maybe even the surreal, as well as Tarkovsky. Powerful images and
compelling silence. The beach sequence picks up where the 400 Blows ends and makes the Tree of Life look
clumsy. Stellar camera work and performances.. Call me impatient, but I feel there is 10% too much left in the
edit... but then it wouldn't be a Tarkovsky. Whispering while the bombs fall. That kid's got heart.

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Prewitt

5Aug13

Probably the most lyrical war film I've ever seen.....

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Federico Di Folco

23Jun13

L'infanzia di Ivan è un capolavoro assoluto,oltre che un film di rara bellezza e poesia.Questo perchè la sua
vicenda umana và al di là del mero fatto contingente(la Guerra),ma diventa assolutamente collettivo.è fantastico
il modo in cui Tarkovsky prende la vicenda di un bambino e lo trasforma nel dramma di un popolo schiacciato da
un peso enorme(quando finirà...).Finale "imperiale",maestoso ed evocativo.5*

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Stepping back
By Robert Orlowski on January 31, 2013

The ironic part about Ivan’s Childhood is that the film to me really isn’t about Ivan’s childhood, its about a
depicting a certain time of the war that was seen through not only Ivan’s eyes but also…  read review

Not his best...

By Chase on August 23, 2011

First off let me say I love Tarkovsky. Phew, now that I’ve said that I can say, I was extremely disappointed with
this film. As the first feature film from the auteur, you can tell he was still finding…  read review

as relevant es ever
By juan jose namnun on August 31, 2010

Tarkovsky´s first feature film (of a small length, just 93 minutes) feels like a mystical continuation of the first
short: The Steamroller and the Violin (in reality it felt more like a prequel, ivan…  read review

Childhood experience
By Beneezy on March 19, 2010

(Friday / March 19, 2010 / 3:45pm)

I’m glad that “Ivan’s Childhood” was my first Tarkovsky experience. I was so touched by this film that I
compassionately sympathized for the protagonist. The…  read review

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