Product Information
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.Product Identifiers
EAN5021866031309
eBay Product ID (ePID)3951351
Product Key Features
ActorYevgeni Zharikov, Valentin Zubkov, Kolya Burlaev
Film/TV TitleIvan's Childhood
DirectorAndrei Tarkovsky
LanguageRussian
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time91 Mins
Aspect Ratio4:3
Release Year2002
FormatDVD
FeaturesBlack & White, Interviews With Actor E Zharikov Director Of Photography Vadim Yusov And Composer Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov\Children Of The War Featurette\Memory Featurette\Trailers, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureRussia
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 5.1
Movie/TV TitleIvan's Childhood
Director of PhotographyVadim Yusov