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Ivan's Childhood (Blu-ray, 2018)

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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.

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A young boy joins a Russian partisan regiment to avenge the death of his family at the hands of the Nazis. Russian dialogue with subtitles.

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EAN5050629627015

eBay Product ID (ePID)27048550725

Product Key Features

ActorYevgeni Zharikov, Valentin Zubkov, Kolya Burlaev

Film/TV TitleIvan's Childhood

DirectorAndrei Tarkovsky

Release Year2018

FormatBlu-ray

LanguageRussian

FeaturesDigital restoration\Appreciation of filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky and Ivan's Childhood\Interviews\Booklet

GenreDrama, General

Run Time93 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate12A/12

Country/Region of ManufactureRussia

Number of Discs1

Additional InformationVisionary Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky's first film, MY NAME IS IVAN, is a powerhouse of visual and emotional impact and a portend of many themes Tarkovsky would develop throughout his legendary career. Ivan (Nikolai Burlyayev) is a 12-year-old boy roaming the destroyed landscapes of World War II Russia along the German front. Between Ivan's ecstatic dreams of his missing family and his mud-and-blood-encrusted reality, the viewer learns that Ivan's father, mother, and sister were killed by Germans and that since then he has gone into service as an intelligence scout for the Russian army.<BR>Ivan's shocking bloodthirsty hunger for revenge is juxtaposed with the innocence and earthbound lyricism of his dreams and memories, creating a portrait of a stolen childhood and a bleak future. Protected and loved by his makeshift family of stoic army officers, Ivan resists being taken out of the army and forces his way back into another scouting mission, putting himself directly in the line of fire. Tarkovsky underscores this wartime drama with a compelling poetic vision through the use of evocative black-and-white cinematography as well as stunning sound and production design. Each element plays a significant part in this brilliant film, based on Vladimir Bogomolov's novel IVAN.

ReviewsSight and Sound - ...Brilliant....What's striking is the way Tarkovsky combines the lyricism of MIRROR with a straightforward account of the nightmarish experiences of Soviet soldiers on the German front...

ScreenwriterVladimir Bogomolov, Mikhail Papava

AuthorVladimir Bogomolov

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleIvan's Childhood

Director of PhotographyVadim Yusov

Consumer AdviceContains disturbing images of dead bodies