The visually stunning first masterpiece from the director of solaristhe debut feature by the great andrei tarkovsky andrei rublev, ivan's childhood is a poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy's war ravaged youth. Moving back and forth between the traumatic realities of world war ii and serene moments of family life before the conflict began, tarkovsky's film remains one of the most jarring and unforgettable depictions of the impact of war on children.special edition featureshigh definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackappreciation of filmmaker andrei tarkovsky and ivan's childhood featuring vida t. Johnson, co author of the films of andrei tarkovsky a visual fugueinterviews with cinematographer vadim yusov and actor nikolai burlyaevplus a booklet featuring an essay by film scholar dina iordanova between two films, tarkovsky's essay on ivan's childhood and ivan's willow, a poem by the director's father, arseny tarkovsky