Ivan's Childhood
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.
- Director
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Action
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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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- Release date
- May 9, 1962
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
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- Language
- German, Russian
- Country
- Soviet Union
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