The first full-length film by the famous Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. It caused a huge international outcry. This painting was highly appreciated by the great French writer of the twentieth century, Jean-Paul Sartre. Mixed responses also came from major cultural figures in many countries. They admitted that there had never been such a film about the war in the history of world cinema. ... The childhood of 12-year-old Ivan ended on the day when the Nazis shot his mother and sister in front of his eyes. The boy's father died at the front. Left an orphan, Ivan goes to a military unit and becomes an elusive scout. At the risk of his life, he obtains invaluable information about the enemy for the command. But one day he won't come back from a mission.… Actors: Andrey Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky, Nikolai Burlyaev, Stepan Krylov, Nikolai Grinko, Evgeny Zharikov, Valentin Zubkov, Dmitry Milyutenko, Irina Tarkovskaya, Ivan Savkin, Vladimir Marenkov, Valentina Malyavina