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World Cinema: Ivan's Childhood

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Starring Kolya Burlyaev

Andrei Tarkovsky's award-winning film is a moving and sensitive account of a boy's life and death in war. Orphaned in the German invasion of Russia and determined on revenge, 12-year-old Ivan becomes a partisan. After several successful front-line spying operations it is decided to move young Ivan back to the rear for a rest. He resists strongly and is allowed to go on one more mission.
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Contributors

Director:
Andrei Tarkovsky
Ivan:
Kolya Burlyaev
His Mother:
I. Tarkovskaya
Capt Kholin:
Valentine Zubkov
Lieut Galtsev:
E. Zharikov
Masha:
V. Malyavina
Old man:
D. Milyutenko
Katasanov:
S. Krylov
Gryaznov:
N. Grinko
Source: Radio Times

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