Soviet Union,
1962, 95 min
Directed by:
Andrei Arsenyevich TarkovskyCinematography:
Vadim YusovComposer:
Vyacheslav OvchinnikovCast:
Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Evgeniy Zharikov, Stěpan Krylov, Nikolay Grinko, Valentina Malyavina, Irma Raush, Dmitri Milyutenko (more)VOD (2)
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Andrei Tarkovsky directs this Soviet drama based on the short story 'Ivan' by Vladimir Bogomolov. During the Second World War, 12-year-old Ivan (Nikolai Burlyaev) is orphaned after his family are killed by the Nazis. He later joins a partisan group who use his diminutive stature and agility to gather intelligence. Worried about his safety, his commanders take Ivan away from the front line but the boy, hell-bent on getting revenge for his parents' murder, insists on being given more dangerous assignments, with tragic consequences. (Artificial Eye)
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