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Ivan’s Childhood

Aug 15—18, 2025
    Part of
  • Voyage in Time: The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky
  • and
  • BAM Film 2025
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (1962)
With Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Yevgeni Zharikov, Stepan Krylov, Nikolay Grinko, Dmytro Milyutenko, Valentina Malyavina, Irma Raush, Andrei Konchalovsky
The debut feature by the great Andrei Tarkovsky, Ivan’s Childhood is a poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy’s war-ravaged youth. Moving back and forth between the traumatic realities of World War II and serene moments of family life before the conflict began, Tarkovsky’s film remains one of the most jarring and unforgettable depictions of the impact of war on children.

UPCOMING Screenings

      RUNNING TIME

      95min

      VENUE

      Peter Jay Sharp Building
      BAM Rose Cinemas

      FORMAT

      35mm

      LANGUAGE

      In Russian with English subtitles

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