Ivan's Childhood (Russian: Ива́ново де́тство, romanized: Ivanovo detstvo), 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. Based on the story by V. Bogomolov "Ivan". The childhood of 12-year-old Ivan ends with the onset of the war. Left without parents, he goes to a military unit.
IVAN'S CHILDHOOD (1962) • Frame Rated
Ivan's Childhood: Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, Eduard Abalov. With Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Evgeniy Zharikov, Stepan Krylov. During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines. 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. Tarkovsky's debut boasts one of the greatest openings in film history in the story of a scarred boy who knows nothing but war, existing as an army scout 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 b.
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Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky • 1962 • Soviet Union Starring Nikolai Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, E. Zharikov 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. Surrounded by the horrors and the madness of war, young Ivan is cared for almost as a son by Lieutenant-Colonel Gryaznov and Captain Leonid Kholin--who for fear of the boy's safety--attempt to get the cherished scout away from the enemy lines and in the safety of a military school. But the inflexible Ivan thirsts to avenge the death of his. Andrei Tarkovsky's objective in Ivan's Childhood (1962) was, in his own words, "to establish whether or not I had it in me to be a director." He succeeded brilliantly: this austere, minimalist, and poetic film was the first major accomplishment in an oeuvre that would become one of Russia's main contributions to the treasury of world cinema. The Russian front, 1943. A 12-year-old boy (Kolya Burlyaev), soaked and shivering, marches into Soviet headquarters and demands to speak to the top brass. The l
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Ivan's Childhood was one of many Soviet films to examine the catastrophic losses of World War II through the prism of childhood, but Tarkovsky's debut was immediately singled out for its visionary aesthetics, winning the Golden Lion at Venice and the praise of prominent intellectuals. Ivan is a child of the war, orphaned and running dangerous intelligence missions for the Red Army. Andrei Tarkovsky's directorial debut, Ivan's Childhood (1962), is perhaps his most experimental and personal cinematic achievement that would define his approach to the medium. Throughout, he portrays an elusive yet sober visualisation of the impact of war. With its strategic cinematography and metaphysical narrative, Tarkovsky subtly meditates on the psychological damage of World War II.
Ivan's Childhood is a lyrical war movie, an emotional, poetic experience. It's about childhood and war, two aspects of life far apart but flung together in this world. It is not the most sophisticated Andrei Tarkovsky movie, nor the most moving or artistic, but it has an elegant simplicity to it. Andrei Tarkovsky: "Ivan's Childhood" is part of Intellect's KinoSputnik series, which provides an analysis of key films from the history of Russian and Soviet cinema. Written by international experts in the field, books in this series are intended for film enthusiasts and students, combining scholarship with an accessible style of writing..
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In the essay entitled "Nature as 'Comfort Zone' in the Films of Andrei Tarkovsky" in the last issue of Offscreen I discussed the unique manner in which Tarkovsky situates nature as an arena of respite from all forms of emotional and physical pain. One of the films I analyzed closely was Ivan's Childhood, a film I have seen many times before writing that essay. Note: Students in Stephen Norris's HST/FST 252, History at the Movies, are grading historical films and offering reviews on how assigned films render the past. The fifth film assigned in this Fall 2018 version of the course, which focuses on European films about World War II, was Andrei Tarkovsky's 1962 Ivan's Childhood.. Overall grade from 45 students: B
