Andrei Tarkovsky

Ivan’s Childhood

Ivan’s Childhood

The debut feature by the great Andrei Tarkovsky, Ivan’s Childhood is a poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy’s war-ravaged youth. Moving back and forth between the traumatic realities of World War II and serene moments of family life before the conflict began, Tarkovsky’s film remains one of the most jarring and unforgettable depictions of the impact of war on children.

Film Info

  • Soviet Union
  • 1962
  • 95 minutes
  • Black & White
  • 1.33:1
  • Russian
  • Spine #397

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • Interview with film scholar Vida T. Johnson, coauthor of The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue
  • New interviews with cinematographer Vadim Yusov and actor Nikolai Burlyaev
  • PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Dina Iordanova; “Between Two Films,” an essay by Tarkovsky on Ivan’s Childhood; and “Ivan’s Willow,” a poem by the director’s father, Arseny Tarkovsky

    New cover by Neil Kellerhouse

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BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • Interview with film scholar Vida T. Johnson, coauthor of The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue
  • New interviews with cinematographer Vadim Yusov and actor Nikolai Burlyaev
  • PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Dina Iordanova; “Between Two Films,” an essay by Tarkovsky on Ivan’s Childhood; and “Ivan’s Willow,” a poem by the director’s father, Arseny Tarkovsky

    New cover by Neil Kellerhouse
Ivan’s Childhood
Cast
Nikolai Burlyaev
Ivan
Valentin Zubkov
Captain Kholin
E. Zharikov
Lieutenant Galtsev
S. Krylov
Corporal Katasonych
Nikolai Grinko
Gryaznov
V. Malyavina
Masha
Irina Tarkovskaya
Ivan's mother
D. Miliutenko
Old man
Andrei Konchalovsky
Soldier with glasses
Credits
Director
Andrei Tarkovsky
Written by
Vladimir Bogomolov
Written by
Mikhail Papava
Based on the novella Ivan by
Vladimir Bogomolov
Director of photography
Vadim Yusov
Assistant director
G. Natanson
Edited by
L. Feiginova
Production design
Yevgeny Chernyaev
Music
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Special effects
V. Sevostyanov
Special effects
S. Mukhin
Sound recordist
E. Zelentsova
Military adviser
G. Goncharov

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