# Ivan's Childhood (1962)

> A haunted Soviet boy scouts behind enemy lines while the adults around him struggle to preserve the childhood that war has already destroyed.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/19667

## Facts

- Runtime: 95 min
- Genres: Drama, War
- Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
- Cast: Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Yevgeni Zharikov, Stepan Krylov, Mykola Hrynko, Dmytro Milyutenko, Valentina Malyavina, Irma Raush
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056111/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: melancholic, dreamy, foreboding, serious film study, arthouse cinema night

## Synopsis

A young boy navigates the horrors of war with the cunning of a seasoned spy.

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