Genre: War
Release Date: 07/24/2007
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Rus
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Criterion

This debut feature-length wartime drama by noted Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky was a remarkable introduction to a remarkable career. The poetic touch of Tarkovsky's hand and his measured pace is already evident as the tale of the young, twelve-year-old Ivan (Nikolai Burlyayev) evolves. Ivan is orphaned after his village is wiped out by an invading Nazi army and as a consequence, he ends up in a prison camp. The inventive lad escapes and is adopted by Captain Kholin (Valentin Zubkov), whose intention is to send the boy away to school. But Ivan is determined to help the Russian army and so he starts spying on the German forces. Because of his tender years he manages to pass freely back and forth behind enemy lines -- at least for awhile. This exemplary film won the top prize, the Golden Lion award at the 1962 Venice Film Festival and also won the Grand Prize at the 1962 San Francisco Film Festival.

~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Nikolai Burlyayev - Ivan
Valentin Zubkov - Capt. Kholin
Yevgeny Zharikov - Lt. Galtsev
Nikolai Grinko - Col. Gryaznov
Valentina Malyavina - Masha
Stepan Krylov - Katasonych
D. Milyutenko - Old Man
Irina Tarkovskaya -
Andrei Konchalovsky - Bespectacled Soldier
Ivan Savkin -
Vladimir Marenkov -

Production:
Andrei Tarkovsky - Director
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov - Composer
Ye. Chernyayaev - Art Director
Vadim Yusov - Cinematographer
Emin Khachaturyan - Musical Direction/Supervision
Vladimir Bogomolov - Short Story Author

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