Movie

Ivan's Childhood

1962 · 95 min

A haunting, poetic war film that lingers through stark imagery and a child's shattered innocence, demanding patience and emotional resilience.

Overview: In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: War, grief, revenge, trauma
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
grief
revenge
trauma
isolation
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none