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Ivanovo detstvo (Ivan's Childhood)(My Name Is Ivan)(The Youngest Spy)

Ivanovo detstvo (Ivan's Childhood)(My Name Is Ivan)(The Youngest Spy) (1962)

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This debut feature-length wartime drama by noted Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky was a remarkable introduction to a remarkable career. The poetic touch of Tarkovsky's hand and his measured pace is already evident as the tale of the young, twelve-year-old Ivan (Nikolai Burlyayev) evolves. Ivan is orphaned after his village is wiped out by an invading Nazi army and as a consequence, he ends up in a prison camp. The inventive lad escapes and is adopted by Captain Kholin (Valentin Zubkov), whose

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Jul 24, 2007

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Beauty, poetry and sadness are certainly lodged in its brief dramatic span, to be seized and embraced by anybody who will give a compassionate mind to it.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times
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Pairing [poetic] images with fragmented characters and Ivan's single-minded desire to get back in the fray, the result is disturbing and affecting.

March 11, 2013 Full Review Source: Scene-Stealers.com
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It feels stylistically as fresh as if it had been made yesterday -- even to some very striking use of handheld camerawork. It's really something of a masterpiece.

August 1, 2012 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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The plot is straight out of the grayish, state-approved, thesis-tidy Ballad of a Soldier bin, but the landscapes and visions are Andrei Tarkovsky's and nobody else's

November 21, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion
CinePassion

Even in this, his first feature, we see that Andrei Tarkovsky is compelled by memories of precious things.

July 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine

Much more than a war film about a young boy, My Name Is Ivan is a pure film experience.

August 30, 2006 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Leaves us with a haunting vision of war and what it does to children.

July 16, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Tarkovsky deviated from the conventional dictums of Socialist realism, providing an unusual combination of psychological realism and a haunting, surrealistic imagery of an adolescent, who was rubbed off his childhood.

June 16, 2005 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
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Tarkovsky's most underrated film, simple but riveting.

December 22, 2003
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[A] visually poetic portrait of a 12-year-old Russian orphan during WWII.

March 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle
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A 12-year old orphan boy works as a scout for the Russian army during WWII, journeying alone into Nazi territory to gather intel on troop positions. Beautifully shot B&W war drama with tasteful dream sequences.
May 20, 2013
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From the Criterion Collection Spine Number 397, this is a excellent Russian film about a young boy who is actually a spy for the Russians against the Germans in WWII. A very capturing story. In Russian with English subtitles. The child is an excellent actor, afraid of nothing. A good Black and White Film. A treasure in this collection worth 4 1/2 stars
November 9, 2011
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  • Iwans Kindheit (DE)
  • Ivan's Childhood (UK)
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