Ivan's Childhood - The Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)

The debut feature by the great Andrei Tarkovsky, Ivan’s Childhood is a poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy’s war-ravaged youth. Moving back and forth between the traumatic realities of World War II and serene moments of family life before the conflict began, Tarkovsky’s film remains one of the most jarring and unforgettable depictions of the impact of war on children.

• Soviet Union
• 95 minutes
• Black & White
• 1.33:1
• Russian
• Spine #397
• 1962

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Interview with film scholar Vida T. Johnson, coauthor of The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue
- New interviews with cinematographer Vadim Yusov and actor Nikolai Burlyaev
- PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Dina Iordanova; “Between Two Films,” an essay by Tarkovsky on Ivan’s Childhood; and “Ivan’s Willow,” a poem by the director’s father, Arseny Tarkovsky

*New cover by Neil Kellerhouse