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)Plots(1)
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)
(more)Cast
![Nikolay Burlyaev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273094_c6caf4.jpg)
Nikolay Burlyaev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Admiral (2009) (series)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Oblomov (1979)
![Valentin Zubkov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/300/162300785_3bbb2d.png)
Valentin Zubkov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Sandu Follows the Sun (1962)
![Evgeniy Zharikov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/674/158674184_1c8068.jpg)
Evgeniy Zharikov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Duma o Kovpake: Karpaty, Karpaty... (1976)
That Instant, That While (1981)
Stěpan Krylov
Best movies:
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Vstrechnyy (1932)
The Liberation of Prague (1975)
![Nikolay Grinko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272081_d119a7.jpg)
Nikolay Grinko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
War and Peace: Part III (1967)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
![Valentina Malyavina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/602/158602544_00606a.jpg)
Valentina Malyavina
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
![Irma Raush](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/593/159593529_1b8f5c.jpg)
Irma Raush
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
![Dmitri Milyutenko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494697_37256b.jpg)
Dmitri Milyutenko
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Pavel Korchagin (1956)
![Andrey Konchalovskiy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269113_ef2df3.jpg)
Andrey Konchalovskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
I'm 20 Years Old (1964)
Gloss (2007)
Иван Савкин
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Karamazov Brothers (1969)
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Novye priklyucheniya neulovimykh (1968)
![Владимир Маренков](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/593/159593549_9048b8.jpg)
Владимир Маренков
Best movies:
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Zhizn i udivitelnye priklyucheniya Robinzona Kruzo (1972)
A Long Goodbye (1971)
![Vera Miturich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/593/159593597_a3374b.jpg)
Vera Miturich
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Nikolay Smorchkov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
War and Peace: Part III (1967)
War and Peace: Part IV (1967)