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Ivan's Childhood (Russian: Ива́ново де́тство, romanized: Ivanovo detstvo), sometimes released as My Name Is Ivan in the US, is a 1962 Soviet war drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.
When Nazi invaders destroy his Russian village and kill his family, 12-year-old Ivan (Kolya Burlyayev) is placed in a German prison camp.
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- Nikolay Burlyaev
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Drama, War
Ivan's Childhood: Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, Eduard Abalov. With Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Evgeniy Zharikov, Stepan Krylov. During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines.
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- Drama, War
- Andrei Tarkovsky, Eduard Abalov
- 1963-06-27
A twelve-year old Russian boy spies on the Germans during World War II.
- Andrey Tarkovskiy, G. Natanson
- Kolya Burlyayev
My Name Is Ivan ★★★½ Ivan's Childhood; The Youngest Spy 1962 Tarkovsky's first feature film is a vivid, wrenching portrait of a young Soviet boy surviving as a spy behind enemy lines during WWII.
Much more than a war film about a young boy, My Name Is Ivan is a pure film experience. Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 30, 2006
A devastating, poetic and heart-wrenching depiction of war and loss of innocence. There are no battle scenes, all we experience is the consequences of war: one moment Ivan is taking or making commands and works like a soldier, the next he's dreaming of his childhood with his mother.
