Ivan's Childhood Иваново детство
Ivan's Childhood, sometimes released as My Name Is Ivan in the US, is a 1962 Soviet war drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Co-written by Mikhail Papava, Andrei Konchalovsky and an uncredited Tarkovsky, it is based on Vladimir Bogomolov's 1957 short story "Ivan". The film features child actor Nikolai Burlyayev along with Valentin Zubkov, Evgeny Zharikov, Stepan Krylov, Nikolai Grinko, and Tarkovsky's wife Irma Raush.
Plot
The film is mainly set at the front during World War II, where the Soviet army is fighting the invading German Wehrmacht. The film features a non-linear plot with frequent flashbacks.
Awards
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| author | Andrei Konchalovsky Andrei Tarkovsky Mikhail Papava Vladimir Bogomolov |
|---|---|
| award | Golden Lion |
| contentLocation | Soviet Union |
| director | Andrei Tarkovsky |
| editor | Lyudmila Feiginova |
| events | World War II |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | berlin boarding school border guard cut dead tree doom dream sequence eastern front execution room fight front german soldier killed in action little girl maly trostenets extermination camp military school non-linear plot nonlinear narrative on the beach red army river run run away russian soldier soviet army surround third reich wehrmacht young boy |
| musicBy | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov |
| productionCompany | Mosfilm |
| theme | war |