

In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.

Nikolay Burlyaev
Ivan
Lead
Valentin Zubkov
Kholin

Yevgeni Zharikov
Galtsev

Stepan Krylov
Katasonov

Mykola Hrynko
Gryaznov

Dmytro Milyutenko
Old Man

Valentina Malyavina
Masha

Irma Raush
Ivan's Mother
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Andrei Tarkovsky's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Ivan's Childhood is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”