Иваново детство

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The brutal war destroyed the childhood of the 12-year-old boy Ivan (Nikolay Burlyaev), his mother and sister were killed by the German army in his early years, and the young Ivan had to go to the battlefield and became a shuttle in the war and death. Scout.
Due to his age, Lieutenant Gokson can't even believe Ivan's identity, but from the mouth of Colonel Kochlin (Valentin Zubkov), he learns that the skinny boy in front of him is so brave. Colonel Kochlin hopes to take Ivan away from the battlefield and send him to study far away. However, Ivan refused to leave. This brave boy was determined to fight to the last moment of his life...
The film won the Best Director Award at the 1962 San Francisco International Film Festival and the 1962 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Award.

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Ivan's Childhood quotes

  • Ivan's Mother: If a well is really deep, you can see a star down there even in the middle of a sunny day.

  • Ivan: Is he a Fritz too?

    Galtsev: He's either a German doctor or writer.

    Ivan: They have no writers. I saw them burning books in a square. They poured gasoline on them and set them on fire. There was soot in the air for a week.

    Galtsev: That writer lived 400 years ago.

    Ivan: Well, then maybe.