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* AnyoneCanDie: By the end of the movie, Ivan, Kholin and Katasonych are dead.

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* AnyoneCanDie: By [[spoiler:By the end of the movie, Ivan, Kholin and Katasonych are dead.]]



* TheHeroDies: Kholin is killed in action sometime after Ivan leaves, while Ivan is captured and executed in Berlin.

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* TheHeroDies: Kholin [[spoiler:Kholin is killed in action sometime after Ivan leaves, while Ivan is captured and executed in Berlin. Berlin.]]
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''Ivan's Childhood'' (Ива́ново де́тство, sometimes called ''My Name Is Ivan'' in the Anglosphere), is a 1962 Soviet film directed by Creator/AndreiTarkovsky. It is based on the 1957 short story ''Ivan'' by Vladimir Bogomolov.

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''Ivan's Childhood'' (Ива́ново де́тство, sometimes called ''My Name Is Ivan'' in the Anglosphere), is a 1962 Soviet Russian film directed by Creator/AndreiTarkovsky. It is based on the 1957 short story ''Ivan'' by Vladimir Bogomolov.
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''Ivan's Childhood'' was Tarkovsky's first feature film. It won him critical acclaim and made him internationally known. You can watch it [[https://russianfilmhub.com/movies/ivans-childhood-1962/ here]].

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''Ivan's Childhood'' was Tarkovsky's first feature film. It won him critical acclaim and made him internationally known. You can watch it [[https://russianfilmhub.com/movies/ivans-childhood-1962/ here]].\n
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''Ivan's Childhood'' was Tarkovsky's first feature film. It won him critical acclaim and made him internationally known.

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''Ivan's Childhood'' was Tarkovsky's first feature film. It won him critical acclaim and made him internationally known.
known. You can watch it [[https://russianfilmhub.com/movies/ivans-childhood-1962/ here]].

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* BigDamnKiss: Between Masha and Kholin in the forest.



* TheRunaway: Ivan runs away early on to join the partisans in the east and avoid being sent to a military school by Kholin.
* SceneryGorn: The film takes place in a muddy battlefield somewhere in eastern Russia during the height of the Second World War, so of course this would show up. Particularly striking is the opening scene where Ivan leaves the windmill, with the only light coming from the flares above illuminating the dead trees, the corpses, and the wreckage of a bomber plane in the distance. Despite this...

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* TheRunaway: Ivan runs away early on to join the partisans in the east west and avoid being sent to a military school by Kholin.
* SceneryGorn: The film takes place in a muddy battlefield somewhere in eastern western Russia during the height of the Second World War, so of course this would show up. Particularly striking is the opening scene where Ivan leaves the windmill, with the only light coming from the flares above illuminating the dead trees, the corpses, and the wreckage of a bomber plane in the distance. Despite this...

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* BigBrotherMentor: Though they're not biologically related, Galtsev and Kholin are effectively this for Ivan. Seeing as Ivan's entire family is dead, it makes sense that he would try to find a surrogate family among his comrades.



* ChildSoldiers: Ivan is 12 years old and participating in dangerous recon missions for the Soviet army. TruthInTelevision, as the Red Army really did employ millions of children as young as Ivan to serve in support and reconnaissance roles.



* TheHeroDies: Kholin is killed in action sometime after Ivan leaves, while Ivan is captured and executed in Berlin.



* PovertyFood: In one scene we see Ivan and two befriended officers of the Russian army eating a mushy meal out of brass bowls.
* {{Revenge}}: Ivan is determined to avenge the death of his family.

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* PovertyFood: In one scene we see Ivan Ivan, Kholin, and two befriended officers of the Russian army Galtsev eating a mushy meal out of brass bowls.
* {{Revenge}}: Ivan is determined to avenge the death of his family.family by joining the partisans and killing Germans.
* TheRunaway: Ivan runs away early on to join the partisans in the east and avoid being sent to a military school by Kholin.
* SceneryGorn: The film takes place in a muddy battlefield somewhere in eastern Russia during the height of the Second World War, so of course this would show up. Particularly striking is the opening scene where Ivan leaves the windmill, with the only light coming from the flares above illuminating the dead trees, the corpses, and the wreckage of a bomber plane in the distance. Despite this...
* SceneryPorn: There are some legitimately beautiful scenes, especially when Masha and Kholin are eloping in the forest and all the trees are pristine white.


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* WarIsHell: It takes place in the bleakest part of the bloodiest war ever fought, so it would naturally feature this. The Russian people did ''not'' have it easy during the Second World War.

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* DeathOfAChild: In the last act we learn that Ivan was caught and hanged by the Nazis. Also the footage of UsefulNotes/JosephGoebbels' six children lined up after being poisoned to death.



* InfantImmortality: Averted. In the last act we learn that Ivan was caught and hanged by the Nazis. Also the footage of UsefulNotes/JosephGoebbels' six children lined up after being poisoned to death.
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* BavarianFireDrill: Ivan uses this technique to make Galtsev putting him through to No. 51.

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* BavarianFireDrill: Ivan uses this technique to make Galtsev putting put him through to No. 51.



* InadvertentEntranceCue: Towards the end, Kholin puts o a record that mentions "Masha" in the lyrics. A moment later Masha, the army nurse, enters the room to say goodbye.

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* InadvertentEntranceCue: Towards the end, Kholin puts o on a record that mentions "Masha" in the lyrics. A moment later Masha, the army nurse, enters the room to say goodbye.



* TokenRomance: A subplot features a budding romance, between Masha the lovely medical corps officer and Capt. Kholin. It goes nowhere.

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* TokenRomance: A subplot features a budding romance, romance between Masha the lovely medical corps officer and Capt. Kholin. It goes nowhere.
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* PovertyFood: In one scene we see Ivan and two befriended officers of the Russian army eating a mushy meal out of brass bowls.
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* TokenRomance: A subplot features a budding romance between Masha the lovely medical corps officer and Capt. Kholin. It goes nowhere.

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* TokenRomance: A subplot features a budding romance romance, between Masha the lovely medical corps officer and Capt. Kholin. It goes nowhere.
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* DreamIntro: The film starts off with a HappyFlashback dream of the protagonist, depicting a heartwarming moment with Ivan and his mother. The dream abruptly comes to an end with a scream and a CatapultNightmare by the boy.
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* BookEnds: [[HappyFlashback Happy Flashbacks]] of Ivan playing by the river with his mother and his sister open and close the film.

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* BookEnds: {{Bookends}}: [[HappyFlashback Happy Flashbacks]] of Ivan playing by the river with his mother and his sister open and close the film.
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''Ivan's Childhood'' is a 1962 Soviet film directed by Creator/AndreiTarkovsky. It is based on the 1957 short story ''Ivan'' by Vladimir Bogomolov.

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''Ivan's Childhood'' (Ива́ново де́тство, sometimes called ''My Name Is Ivan'' in the Anglosphere), is a 1962 Soviet film directed by Creator/AndreiTarkovsky. It is based on the 1957 short story ''Ivan'' by Vladimir Bogomolov.

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The film tells the story of orphan boy Ivan (played by Nikolay Burlyaev) and his experiences during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

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The film tells the story of an orphan boy named Ivan (played by Nikolay Burlyaev) and his experiences during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Ivan was orphaned by the war--his father was a border guard who probably died on the first day of fighting, and his mother was killed by the Germans when they reached his village. Now Ivan, still a boy in his early teens, is a spy who infiltrates the German lines and brings back intelligence for the Red Army. His handlers, including Capt. Kholin and Lt. Galtsev, want to get Ivan out of harm's way by enrolling him in a military academy, but Ivan refuses to quit espionage work, because he thirsts for revenge.



* AnyoneCanDie: By the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Ivan, Kholin and Katasonych]] are dead.

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* AnyoneCanDie: By the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Ivan, Ivan, Kholin and Katasonych]] Katasonych are dead.



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%%* * TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: At least it does when Ivan flings it at the wall.
* BookEnds: [[HappyFlashback Happy Flashbacks]] of Ivan playing by the river with his mother and his sister open and close the film.
* CatapultNightmare: The idyllic opening scene of Ivan and his mother by the river is interrupted by a burst of machine gun fire. Ivan then wakes up in classic Catapult Nightmare style, revealing the opening scene to be a dream.
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CrapsackWorld: The grim and depressing world of the Soviet Union in the midst of war. In one scene Ivan leaves the burnt-out windmill he's been hiding in, and finds a field littered with corpses.


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* ContrivedCoincidence: Of the 2.5 million or so Russian soldiers in Berlin in the spring of 1945, who finds the document showing that little Ivan was executed? His old friend Lt. Galtsev, of course.


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* POVCam: From Masha's perspective as she dashes away from Kholin in the forest.


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* StockFootage: Used at the end to show the Russian conquest of Berlin.
* ThatRussianSquatDance: Very briefly seen from Russian soldiers celebrating in Berlin.
* TimeSkip: At least two or three years, it would seem, from the imminent German offensive that starts the film (possibly the one that ends at Stalingrad?), and the fall of Berlin in 1945.
* TokenRomance: A subplot features a budding romance between Masha the lovely medical corps officer and Capt. Kholin. It goes nowhere.

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* DeadGuyOnDisplay: The bodies of Lakhov and Moroz are put on display by the Germans as a deterrent. Kholin later cuts their bodies down and ferries them off for proper burial.



* MakeAnExampleOfThem: The bodies of Lakhov and Moroz are put on display by the Germans as a deterrent. Kholin later cuts their bodies down and ferries them off for proper burial.
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* MinimalistCast: The movie features three principle characters plus four or five minor ones.
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* MinimalistCast: The movie has five principle characters and two or three minor ones.

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* MinimalistCast: The movie has five features three principle characters and two plus four or three five minor ones.
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''Ivan's Childhood'' is a 1962 Soviet film directed by Creator/AndreiTarkovsky. It is based on the 1957 short story ''Ivan'' by Vladimir Bogomolov.

The film tells the story of orphan boy Ivan (played by Nikolay Burlyaev) and his experiences during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

''Ivan's Childhood'' was Tarkovsky's first feature film. It won him critical acclaim and made him internationally known.

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* AnyoneCanDie: By the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Ivan, Kholin and Katasonych]] are dead.
* ArmyScout: Ivan is one for the Russians. Taking advantage of his small size, he proved successful on reconnaissance missions.
* BavarianFireDrill: Ivan uses this technique to make Galtsev putting him through to No. 51.
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* ComfortingComforter: In one scene Galtsev carries sleeping Ivan to his bed and covers him up.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: We learn that Ivan's entire family was killed by the Nazis. He brings this up as an advantage when volunteering for the climatic SuicideMission.
* DutchAngle: Early on, when Ivan exits the windmill, the camera is tilted to convey the sense of disorientation the boy felt after just having woken up.
* HappyFlashback: Several throughout the movie, depicting Ivan together with his mom and other happier childhood moments. The peaceful childhood scenes build a stark contrast to the shadow-filled war environment Ivan finds himself in.
* InadvertentEntranceCue: Towards the end, Kholin puts o a record that mentions "Masha" in the lyrics. A moment later Masha, the army nurse, enters the room to say goodbye.
* InfantImmortality: Averted. In the last act we learn that Ivan was caught and hanged by the Nazis. Also the footage of UsefulNotes/JosephGoebbels' six children lined up after being poisoned to death.
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: It was not explained why Kholin and Galtsev, who are of higher military rank, had to be part of such a dangerous ArmyScout mission.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: The bodies of Lakhov and Moroz are put on display by the Germans as a deterrent. Kholin later cuts their bodies down and ferries them off for proper burial.
* MinimalistCast: The movie has five principle characters and two or three minor ones.
* {{Revenge}}: Ivan is determined to avenge the death of his family.
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