Ivan's Childhood

Genres

DramaWar

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

7.8/10

Release Date

09 May 1962

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Nikolay Burlyaev

Ivan

Valentin Zubkov

Kholin

Yevgeni Zharikov

Galtsev

Stepan Krylov

Katasonov

Nikolay Grinko

Gryaznov

Dmytro Milyutenko

Old Man

Valentina Malyavina

Masha

Irma Raush

Ivan's Mother

Andrei Konchalovsky

Soldier with Glasses

Ivan Savkin

Vladimir Marenkov

Vera Miturich

Girl

Nikolay Smorchkov

Starshina (uncredited)

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