"My Name is Ivan"
1962
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival (1962), this is a new print of the first feature film directed by the great Andrei Tarkovsky.  Set during WW II, it is the story of a young boy who is deprived of his childhood and struggles with the brutal realities of war.  A beautiful work, filled with poetic flourishes and a permeating melancholy,  My Name is Ivan immediately placed Tarkovsky in a position of leadership among the young Soviet filmmakers of his era.  The film contains many images that would later become his trademark, and is a poetic evocation of innocence lost in the face of war.  Starring Kolya Burlaiv, Valentin Zubkov, Ye Zharikov. Black and white. Russian with English subtitles.  84 minutes.