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Ivan's Childhood
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #159
- IMDb #379
- Rotten Tomatoes #40
- Letterboxd #246
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #38
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #280
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 100, everyone else 83.
See the most agreed on films →A young boy works as a scout for the Soviet army during World War II. He is fiercely brave and driven by a desire for revenge against the Germans who killed his family. The film juxtaposes the brutal reality of war with fleeting, poetic glimpses of the peaceful childhood and innocence that has been stolen from him.
Details
- Director
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Based on
- Ivan by Vladimir Bogomolov
- Studio
- Mosfilm
- Released
- 9 May 1962
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Language
- Russian, German
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Awards
- 1 win, 1 nomination
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Cast
Full cast (13) →
Awards & nominations
See all 2 →1 win from 2 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 1964 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Soviet Union | Nominee |
| Golden Lion 1962 | Golden Lion | Winner |
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2 awards — Ivan's Childhood
×| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Soviet Union | Nominee |
| Golden Lion | Winner |