Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Directed by Andrei
Tarkovsky this film based on the short story “Ivan” stars Nikolai
Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Evgeny Zharikov and Valentina Malyavina.
During WW2 a young Russian boy orphaned by the war works doing behind
the lines reconnaissance.
Contrasting our
expectations of childhood with the horrors of war this is a pretty
good film showing the Eastern Front in WW2. I found the side plot
with the doctor to be an odd distraction but otherwise this is a good
film. There are some haunting images and nicely framed shots that
really help put you in the world of devastation.
4/5
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