Retrospective Andrei Tarkovsky: Ivan's Childhood

Andrei Tarkovsky's Venice Golden Lion-winning debut feature is an extraordinarily moving and powerful story of war and revenge. When twelve-year-old Ivan's family is wiped out by Nazis, the youngster joins up with a Partisan troop to take revenge. A relatively simple—and at times lyrical—war-time tale enhanced by a range of cinematic effects. The perfect introduction to the filmmaker's challenging oeuvre. 

Ivan's Childhood, dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet Union 1962, 95 mins, English subtitles