Question 1

What unusual TV mix-up led to part of this film airing on Cartoon Network?

Accepted Answer

In 2009, the film's opening was shown on Cartoon Network due to the channel accidentally having its signal switched with Turner Classic Movies, which was airing the film at the time.

Question 2

Which real historical footage does Tarkovsky include in the movie?

Accepted Answer

Tarkovsky shows real footage of occupied Berlin, including the charred corpse of Joseph Goebbels and the bodies of his six children murdered by their parents in Berlin on 1 May 1945.

Question 3

What connection does Nikolay Burlyaev's role here have to his later work with Tarkovsky?

Accepted Answer

Nikolay Burlyaev is seen ringing a bell in this film; he would later play Boriska, who builds a giant bell, in Tarkovsky's next feature Andrei Rublev (1966).

Question 4

What did Andrei Tarkovsky say about adapting the source material for this film?

Accepted Answer

Tarkovsky wrote that he did not find the short story 'Ivan' by Vladimir Bogomolov very good, but stories that were not well written were easier to adapt into films.

Question 5

Which major film festivals featured this movie in 1962?

Accepted Answer

The film was featured at the San Francisco International Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival in 1962.

Ivan's Childhood

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