Title from container. Videodisc release of 1962 motion picture. Based on the story Ivan by Vladimir Bogomolov. Special features: interviews with actor E Zharikov, director of photography Vadim Yusov, composer Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov; "Children of the War" featurette; "Memory" featurette; trailers. Kolya Burlaev, Valentin Zubkov, E Zharikov.
Summary:
Andrei Tarkovsky's prize-winning debut feature is an extraordinarily moving view of war and revenge. Twelve-year old Ivan is determined to avenge his family's death at the hands of the Nazis, and he joins a Russian partisan regiment as a scout. His ability to slip through enemy lines more easily than an adult makes him useful to the army, but, as his missions become increasingly dangerous, it is decided that he must be removed from the front line. Ivan resists and convinces his commanding officers to allow him to carry out one last expedition.
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