There's a cuckoo in the woods, Mama.
Mama.
IVAN'S CHILDHOOD
Written by V.Bogomolov, M.Papava
Directed by A. Tarkovsky
Director of Photography V.Yusov
Production Designer E.Chernyayev
Music by V.Ovchinnikov Sound Recordist E.Zelentsova
Edited by L. Feiginova
Starring:
Kolya Burlyayev as Ivan
V.Zubkov as Holin E.Zharikov as Galtsev
S.Krylov as Katasonych N.Grinko as Gryaznov
D.Miliutenko as the Old Man
V.Malyavina as Masha I.Tarkovskaya as Ivan's Mother
Comrade Sr. Lieutenant!
What is it?
The lieutenant told me to bring him to you.
Light the lamp.
He was in the river, near the bank.
He won't answer any questions.
He says he'll only talk to the commander.
He's very weak, or else pretending.
So, I brought him here.
Stand near the stove. Who are you?
First, send him out.
Wait outside. I'll call you.
Well? Say something. Where are you from?
I'm Bondarev.
Tell No.51 at HQ that I'm here.
Who's No.51?
What HQ do you mean?
Code address VCH-49550.
Strip and rub yourself down.
Here.
Take off your pants, too. Don't be bashful.
What's that on your back?
Answer me!
None of your business. And don't shout at me.
You just tell HQ I'm here.
They know what to do.
Don't you teach me. You know where you are?
I never heard of you.
You'll stay here till you tell me who you are,
and where you're from.
I won't report that you're here to anyone.
I'm from the other bank.
Can you prove it?
I don't have to prove anything.
And stop questioning me!
Tell No.51 at HQ that Bondarev's here. Now!
They'll know what to do.
No.3?
A chap named Bondarev is here.
He wants me to notify HQ.
You mean Maj.Bondarev?
No. He's only about 12.
Are you sober?
He says he's from the other side of the river.
Don't be so gullible.
If he doesn't notify No.51, he'll be held responsible.
See? I did what you asked me to.
He told me to lock you up.
I asked you to tell No.51.
Who'd you ring up?
You expect me to contact Army HQ?!
- Let me do it. - Don't you dare!
Who d'you know at Army HQ?
Capt. Holin
and Col.Gryaznov.
Tell Col.Gryaznov I'm here. At once.
Or I'll do it.
Get me No.51 at HQ.
Sr.Lt.Galtsev reporting.
Bondarev is here. He says--
Is he alone there?
Listen carefully, Galtsev.
No questions. No talking!
Holin's coming for him immediately.
Be nice to him.
He has a hot temper.
Give him paper and pencil.
Send his report on to me at once.
Yes, sir!
Are you hungry?
I'll eat later.
I won't look.
Get me No.13.
Vasilyev.
Bring in two pails of hot water.
What? Yes, for a bath.
Go on, wash up. I'll be back soon.
Thanks.
It's deep!
Of course it is.
You can see a star
in the day-time in a deep well.
Which star?
Any star?
I see a star, Mama!
Why's it shining?
It's night-time now for the star.
That's why it's shining.
Is it night-time now?
No, it's day-time.
It's day-time for us,
but night-time for the star.
Haven't they come yet?
No. Go to sleep. I'll wake you up when they do.
Were you here while I was sleeping?
Yes. Why?
Did I talk in my sleep?
No. Why?
Never mind.
I never used to talk in my sleep. Now I don't know.
I've become jittery.
Ivan!
Holin!
Katasonych is waiting for you at the hollow tree!
The nazis are there.
I nearly drowned, swimming across.
- You mean you swam across? - Yes.
They're patrolling the bank.
I couldn't find our boat in the dark.
You're just skin and bones.
Drive the car up closer.
Tell the sentry not to let anyone in.
Here, put this on.
Stop!
Where'd you disappear to?
- Where are you going? - For kerosene.
We're leaving.
Here's to meeting again!
Holin. Katasonych is waiting at the hollow tree.
Here's to his safe return.
- No.20 here. - It's No. 51
They were right, Malyshev.
We'll follow their plan.
But we decided--
Yes, I know.
May I come in, Colonel?
I've reliable,
first-hand information.
Waited all night for nothing, eh, Katasonych?
Ivan's here.
He couldn't get to the hollow tree.
There's German patrols
everywhere.
How did he get here?
He swam across.
A grown man might've drowned.
Well, that's enough.
Wait, Ivan!
He said I'll be sent to the rear.
To a military school.
Is that true?
You cheating me?
The assault is soon. I can still be useful.
You said reconnaissance is most important!
That scouts are the soul of the front.
You're trying to trick me!
I won't go! If you force me to,
I'll run away and join the partisans.
You're going to a military school. Understand?
I won't discuss this.
But I will!
Tell him I'll do a good job, Holin.
I'll do my best.
I can't go...
You tell him, Katasonych. I can't go.
The matter is closed!
All right... Military school, or a children's home--
It's all the same to me.
Relax.
The stove and chimney will stand forever.
Where is it? I put it here.
- Are you going far? - Yes.
Everybody is nowadays.
But why? Who knows?
I lost a nail.
Could you help me find it?
Come in.
No stove and chimney
will ever burn down.
Here's a straight nail.
No, not that one.
Where's your ma? Alive?
A nazi shot my old woman, too.
Where can it be? I just had it.
He was a tall fellow.
He wore glasses.
And had a lot of hair.
- What's your name? - Ivan.
My wife'll be back soon.
I'll have the house all ready for her.
Why'd you run away?
Think I'm going to chase after you?
I didn't ask you to.
- Watch your tongue! - You wanted to join partisans, eh.
Get into the car! You won't run away again!
- Yes, I will. - I said get into the car!
I'll run away from that military school,
just like I did from the children's home.
"I ran away from Granny, And from Grandad, too--"
O Lord, will this ever end?
Can't you understand, silly?
War is for grown men.
But you promised--
Lakhov and Moroz were killed because they were big.
I can get through anywhere. Besides, I'm all alone.
I have no family left.
That's enough. It's been decided.
It hasn't!
You're not my dad to decide.
Shut up!
Or I'll spank you.
I'll run away anyway.
I'm my own boss.
Indeed!
You are a problem.
There's lice in Company 5.
The linen isn't disinfected properly.
Please do something about it.
Yes, Lieutenant.
It's a bad situation.
There'll be no time for that when the offensive begins.
Yes, Lieutenant.
Thank you.
A letter from home?
- Yes. - Everything all right?
Yes.
Greetings! I've been looking for you.
Carry on. I'll wait.
You must be stricter with your subordinates.
But you try to do everything yourself.
There's a lull now, and we have time.
When the offensive starts, there'll be the wounded.
You are a problem.
Get the medical service in order.
Report back to me in 2 days.
Yes, sir.
Don't worry. Everything'll be in order.
What's your name, Lieutenant?
Masha.
That's a pretty name.
My name's Leonid.
Lennie for short.
D'you have
- a boyfriend? - No. I've never had one.
So I'm the first?
- Are you from the Ukraine? - Why do you ask?
You're a beautiful... and stubborn.
No, I come from near Moscow.
Peredelkino station, 20 minutes by the train.
In Siberia, 300 km is considered "near".
Surikov, the artist, came from there.
Ever heard of him?
Writers lived near our town.
We once saw Alexei Tolstoi
and Chukovsky, too, grey-haired and lanky.
walking in the woods.
- Were you ever wounded? - Yes.
Why are we so formal?
Let's use the "tu" form.
I find it hard to at first.
I'll start now,
and you start gradually... Okay?
- What? - Look, a cobweb!
How spooky.
Aren't you a brave soldier!
Shame on you.
I'm only afraid of spiders.
Nothing else?
Seen Capt.Holin anyplace?
He went thata way
with the doctor's assistant.
Walk the trunk. You said you're not afraid of anything.
I can so.
That's enough.
Jump! I'll catch you.
Frightened? No?
Then why don't you?
No special reason.
Were you frightened?
I forgive you.
I don't need your forgiveness.
- Let me help you. - I'll manage.
Come here, Masha.
What for?
Come closer, Masha.
What for?
Quick, come here.
Hurry!
Now go away.
You hear me? Go.
Go away quick, Masha.
Let's have a look at your troops.
Lakhov and Moroz are there.
Go and have a smoke.
- Salute. - Hello, Katasonych.
Give me the defence line map, Galtsev.
I'll be right back. Wait for me.
Some gunners gave me a record.
They said you had a phonograph.
It's broken.
I'll fix it.
Thanks.
This place is best, Captain.
But where will we land?
In those bushes.
It's a safe place.
Tell the gunners
to leave us a corridor.
WELCOME
Damn! Couldn't you have dug a deeper one?
D'you know who's on the other bank?
- Yeah, I know. - Can't you bring them here?
It'll take an hour or so.
- Have you got any boats? - No.
- Why lying? - What do you need them for?
I need them.
- You're a bad liar. - They're for the landing party.
That's what I need them for!
A scouting mission?
No, a picnic with your phonograph.
Will Ivan go again?
I'm not Information.
What's so funny?
Oh, nothing. You've a pretty doctor's assistant.
I'm sending her away. She can't cope with the job.
Have a heart.
War is a man's business.
It's not for girls.
I don't need you here... man!
Excuse me, are you Masha?
Yes.
Don't you remember me?
No, I don't.
We took the college entrance exams together.
Yes, now I do.
I'm so glad I met you!
Me, too.
Where'd you go after the exams?
I looked everywhere. Now I've found you.
I've found you, Masha!
We'll meet again, Masha!
We'll meet again!
WELCOME
Here we are, Captain.
- Hello, Holin. - Hello, Ivan.
Ivan?
Give us a hand, Galtsev.
Hello, Katasonych.
Let's have some interesting magazines.
With lots of pictures.
Come here.
This one's about scouts.
I've read it.
How about this one?
This one, too.
And this one? You're lying.
I'm not. I was stuck at HQ all this time.
I did nothing but read for 3 days.
I got you a spring for the phonograph at HQ.
Thanks. It's under the bed.
What's this?
- An art album. - With pictures?
It's all pictures.
He can talk like a real German.
I wanted to take him on as an interpreter last year.
Now he's in command of a battalion.
Are these Germans?
- Yes. It's an old engraving. - They're Germans, all the same.
And this one, on the horse,
I saw one just like him on a motorcycle.
Look, they're killing the people here, too.
It's just a painting.
No. I know them.
Is he a German, too?
Yes. He's a German doctor, or writer.
They have no writers.
I saw them burning books on the square.
They poured petrol over them.
The soot was in the air for 7 days thereafter.
This writer lived about 400 years ago.
Well, then maybe--
If they spot us, our gunners will keep them down.
We'll leave Ivan a passage in the swamp.
I retreat last.
What's this?
I'll take one of Galtsev's boats.
Will you take me
across, too?
A volunteer, eh?
Can you swim?
I can swim this river 5 times.
Great.
Are you trigger-happy?
Listen, you--
He's pissed off, see?
No self-control!
How can I take you across?
- Then you don't get a boat. - We'll commandeer it.
Or I'll report you to the divisional commander,
and you'll bring it here on your back.
He'll give us a boat.
Let's go have a look.
You stay here and rest up.
What a knife!
Would you give it to me?
Sure, but--
Don't be greedy. Give it to him.
It was my buddy's. He was killed.
Let me have it till tonight.
All right.
So you're not taking me across, right?
I will, but not today.
After the war.
It's okay now.
We'll listen to it after supper.
I'll get you a knife just like it.
I'll get one tomorrow.
By all means.
Where are Ivan's parents?
The nazis killed his mother and sister.
His dad was a border guard. He was killed in action.
He's been through more than you can imagine.
He was a partisan, too.
What'll become of him?
The colonel or Katasonych
will adopt him when the war's over.
Why them and not you?
The colonel says
I need bringing up myself.
He's really good at stealing boats.
He'll never take a bad one.
How many boats have you stolen?
Take this one.
He should be sent to the rear.
A war's no place for children.
If we don't take him across,
he'll go on his own.
All he can think of
is vengeance.
Don't waste your breath explaining.
Didn't you say you wanted to adopt him?
Get lost! We'll manage.
You do need upbringing.
Watch out, or I'll report you to the commander.
Keep cool... that's the main thing.
Slowly... carefully--
We have to get him alive.
THERE ARE 8 OF US
ALL UNDER 19
IN AN HOUR FROM NOW THEY'LL SHOOT US
AVENGE US
Hurrah!
Surround the building! Don't let him out!
Hands up!
Come out!
You can't hide from me!
Are you shaking?
You'll answer for everything! I'll--
D'you think I've forgotten?
I'll put you on trial!
I'll-- I'll--
Welcome to our tea party!
Damn! It was our best boat!
Faster!
Hurry!
Ivan! Ivan!
Don't be afraid. It'll soon be over.
What is it, Ivan?
I'm not afraid.
I hear you were a partisan.
Why'd you leave them?
The nazis surrounded us in the woods.
They sent me out by plane to a boarding school.
But I ran away.
They only go for stupid cramming there,
"herbivorous in the life of Man" and so on.
You ought to go to a military school.
Did Holin say so?
He's not the only one with brains.
You've done your fighting. Rest up, go back to school.
Whoever's of use doesn't rest up in wartime.
Only dodgers rest up.
Right, but war isn't for boys.
Oh, really?
Did you see the Trostyanets death camp?
What're you talking about?
What do you know?
You're all at one against me.
Smoking again? Go on.
It'll turn your lungs green.
So what? Nobody can see them.
Don't smoke.
Okay, I won't.
Let's have supper before we start out.
Where's Katasonych?
He was summoned to HQ.
Why didn't he stop by to wish me good luck?
He couldn't. It was an urgent summons.
Why'd they summon him?
They know how badly we need him.
A fine friend! He could've stopped by.
Will it be just the two of us?
No. He'll join us.
Stop grinning. You know what I mean.
Volunteered, didn't you? Are you frightened now?
It's sort of unexpected.
Everything in life is.
May I come in?
What's up?
We billeted the new men, Lieutenant.
- Where? - Companies 2 and 3.
Very well. You may go.
I wouldn't take you, but it's an emergency.
Make up your mind. No complaints afterwards.
What d'you think I am?
Who'll you leave
in command?
Gushchin, of Company 5.
If they learn you crossed the river
without permission,
we'll be in trouble.
AVENGE US
Wake up, Ivan!
Katasonych didn't even stop by.
I told you he couldn't.
He loves you very much.
I know. But still, he could have--
Get dressed. Need any help?
No.
Let's jump.
To see if anything rattles.
Dump your matches.
Are you crazy?
THERE ARE 8 OF US ALL UNDER 19
IN AN HOUR FROM NOW THEY'LL SHOOT US. AVENGE US
Go chat with the sentry
so he won't notice us.
And no comments!
Got a light?
Who's that?
It was all so stupid.
They brought the boat here and had a smoke.
The captain was here. He was over there.
He started climbing out of the trench.
And then he slid back down.
We didn't even hear a shot.
"Katasonych!" the captain cried.
But he was dead.
The captain said to leave him here till morning.
Don't discuss it. Get the oars.
Who's that, Holin?
Lakhov and Moroz.
They went across after you.
There's still time.
Wait here. I'll be right back.
It's dryer here.
Makes no difference now.
Are you worried?
A bit... I've become jittery.
Can't get used to begging.
- They should be buried. - Who?
Lakhov and Moroz.
Of course we will.
Quiet!
Let's go.
This is the place.
How do you feel?
Fine... Well, I'll be going.
I'll go a part of the way with you.
No, you're too big. They'll catch on.
The gully's clayey. I'll carry you over.
I said I'm going alone.
See you soon.
See you soon...
Be careful.
If the offensive starts, meet us in Fyodorovka.
- See you. - Good-bye, Ivan.
What's up?
I want a smoke.
Want your mama, too?
I, for one, really do want my ma.
They'll notice the boat.
What if they spot Ivan?
Are you a louse, or just stupid?
Just stupid.
See a doctor about your nerves when the war's over.
It's a clayey gully!
A good rain would wash away his footprints.
I think he made it.
Wait here for me. I'll go for the boat.
When I come back, call out to me in German.
If I'm caught, swim back.
You said you could swim this river 5 times.
What if you're wounded?
Don't you worry about me.
Quiet, damn you! Come here!
Is that them?
Yes.
Them yesterday, us today.
Climb in.
- Are things quiet on the bank? - Yes.
See? Nothing to fear.
Why aren't we going back?
It's the first snow of the year.
He might still be hiding. Waiting.
Jump!
Let's drink to--
May I come in, Lieutenant?
Masha?
Who were you talking to on the road?
A friend.
Does he wear glasses?
He wasn't wearing glasses.
But he does! He is strange.
No, he isn't.
- What is it, Lieutenant? - I've come to say good-bye.
I'm transferring her to a hospital.
That's a good idea.
Masha!
How quiet it is, Galtsev.
Isn't it, Masha?
It's so quiet.
The war--
Victory!
IMPERIAL CHANCELLORY
Come closer.
Can you identify these bodies?
It's Goebbels, his wife and daughters.
He poisoned his family
and ordered his body to be burned.
He can show you the place.
He saw him yesterday and talked to him.
He murdered his family and committed suicide.
Won't this be the last war on earth?
"See a doctor
about your nerves, Galtsev."
But Holin...
You were killed.
And I'm alive--
I must think of preserving peace.
Shot.
Hanged.
Shot.
Hanged.
Shot.
Hanged.
Shot.
Hanged.