The childhood of 12-year-old Ivan ended the day his mother and little sister were shot by the Nazis in front of his eyes. The boy's father died at the front. Left an orphan, Ivan goes to the military unit and becomes an elusive scout, he at the risk of his life extracts for the command invaluable information about the enemy. But one day he does not return from a mission...
The movie is based on the story "Ivan" by V. Bogomolov. The story is written on behalf of a young lieutenant-hero and contains a description of several chance meetings with Ivan - a twelve-year-old scout, whose relatives all died. The story is written in relation to the hero from outside... Tarkovsky's movie in relation to the story is shot from the opposite point of view - not Ivan in the war is "seen" through the eyes of the lieutenant, but the lieutenant and the war - everything is "seen" as if through Ivan's eyes....
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