Ivan's Childhood (1962 film)
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Ivan's Childhood is a 1962 Soviet war drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky that follows a young boy working as a scout on the Eastern Front during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ivan's Childhood | 3 |
| Ivan's Childhood (1962 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Ivan's Childhood (1962 film) Context triple: [Mosfilm, producedWork, Ivan's Childhood (1962 film)]
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The Brothers Karamazov (1958 film)
The Brothers Karamazov (1958 film) is an American drama adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, focusing on the moral and spiritual conflicts within a turbulent Russian family.
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A Russian Childhood
"A Russian Childhood" is an autobiographical work by pioneering Russian mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya, recounting her early life and formative experiences in 19th-century Russia.
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Doctor Zhivago (novel)
Doctor Zhivago (novel) is Boris Pasternak’s epic 1957 Russian novel that follows the life and loves of a physician-poet amid the turmoil of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.
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D.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago is a classic 1965 epic romantic drama film set during the Russian Revolution, renowned for its sweeping cinematography, tragic love story, and Omar Sharif’s iconic lead performance.
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E.
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I is a 1944 Soviet historical drama film directed by Sergei Eisenstein that portrays the rise to power and inner turmoil of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ivan's Childhood (1962 film) Target entity description: Ivan's Childhood is a 1962 Soviet war drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky that follows a young boy working as a scout on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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A.
The Brothers Karamazov (1958 film)
The Brothers Karamazov (1958 film) is an American drama adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, focusing on the moral and spiritual conflicts within a turbulent Russian family.
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B.
A Russian Childhood
"A Russian Childhood" is an autobiographical work by pioneering Russian mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya, recounting her early life and formative experiences in 19th-century Russia.
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C.
Doctor Zhivago (novel)
Doctor Zhivago (novel) is Boris Pasternak’s epic 1957 Russian novel that follows the life and loves of a physician-poet amid the turmoil of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.
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D.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago is a classic 1965 epic romantic drama film set during the Russian Revolution, renowned for its sweeping cinematography, tragic love story, and Omar Sharif’s iconic lead performance.
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E.
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I is a 1944 Soviet historical drama film directed by Sergei Eisenstein that portrays the rise to power and inner turmoil of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Lion
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surface form:
Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival
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| basedOn | Ivan by Vladimir Bogomolov ⓘ |
| cinemaMovement | Soviet art film ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Vadim Yusov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| director | Andrei Tarkovsky ⓘ |
| distributor | Mosfilm ⓘ |
| filmEditingBy | Lyudmila Feiginova ⓘ |
| filmFestivalAward | Golden Lion ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| genre | war drama ⓘ |
| hasBlackAndWhiteVersion | yes ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Evgeny Zharikov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nikolai Burlyaev NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Grinko NERFINISHED ⓘ Stepan Krylov NERFINISHED ⓘ Valentin Zubkov NERFINISHED ⓘ Valentina Malyavina ⓘ |
| hasGenre | psychological drama ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeDevice | dream sequences ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ivan ⓘ |
| musicBy | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Soviet scout
ⓘ
child soldier ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Andrei Tarkovsky’s feature film debut as director
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depiction of war through a child’s perspective ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| partOf | Soviet cinema ⓘ |
| portrays |
Nazi-occupied territory on the Eastern Front
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Soviet military reconnaissance ⓘ |
| presentedAt | Venice Film Festival ⓘ |
| producer | Mosfilm ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Mosfilm ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Andrei Tarkovsky
ⓘ
Mikhail Papava ⓘ Vladimir Bogomolov ⓘ |
| setDuring | Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| theme |
loss of childhood
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memory and dreams ⓘ trauma of war ⓘ |
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