Ivan's Childhood Blu-ray China Strange and cruel events begin

Strange and cruel events begin to occur in a German village in the years before the first world war

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Ivan's Childhood Blu-ray China Strange and cruel events begin'Ivan's Childhood' Director: Andei Tarkovsky (1962) Criterion Collection Blu ray Restoration Russian w English subtitles The debut film of the esteemed and influential director is bleak but beautiful. A poetic look at a boy surviving in an environment undergoing the ravages of World War II interspersed with images of his life before the conflict. Special features include: Interview with film scholar Vida T. Johnson, co author of The Films of Andrei