---
title: 'Ivan''s Childhood (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Andrei Tarkovsky'
released: '1962-04-06'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ivans-childhood-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056111/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ivan's Childhood (1962)

1962 · 95 min · Drama, War · Soviet Union

Original title: Иваново детство

## Synopsis

Ivan's Childhood, sometimes released as My Name Is Ivan in the US, is a 1962 Soviet war drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Co-written by Mikhail Papava, Andrei Konchalovsky and an uncredited Tarkovsky, it is based on Vladimir Bogomolov's 1957 short story "Ivan". The film features child actor Nikolai Burlyayev along with Valentin Zubkov, Evgeny Zharikov, Stepan Krylov, Nikolai Grinko, and Tarkovsky's then wife Irma Raush.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Andrei Konchalovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrei-konchalovsky), [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrei-tarkovsky), [Mikhail Papava](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-papava), [Vladimir Bogomolov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-bogomolov)
- **Director:** [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrei-tarkovsky)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vyacheslav-ovchinnikov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vadim Yusov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vadim-yusov)

## Cast

- [Valentina Malyavina](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentina-malyavina)
- [Nikolai Burlyayev](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-burlyayev)
- [Stepan Krylov](https://cinepixo.com/people/stepan-krylov)
- [Irma Raush](https://cinepixo.com/people/irma-raush)
- [Yevgeny Zharikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-zharikov)
- [Nikolai Grinko](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-grinko)
- [Andrei Konchalovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrei-konchalovsky)
- [Valentin Zubkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentin-zubkov)

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