Ivan's Childhood [SEP] country of origin
auditioned for the role. Burlyayev would later play Boriska in Tarkovsky's second feature, "Andrei Rublev".
Responses.
"Ivan's Childhood" was one of Tarkovsky's most commercially successful films, selling 16.7 million tickets in the Soviet Union. Tarkovsky himself was displeased with some aspects of the film; in his book "Sculpting in Time", he writes at length about subtle changes to certain scenes that he regrets not implementing.
However, the film received numerous awards and international acclaim on its release,
country. In some ways, he is a victim of the boyars, especially during flashbacks to his childhood and early adolescence. The movies also detail Ivan's gradual slide into suspicion and paranoia. This was the aspect that displeased Stalin.
Efrosinia of Staritsa (Serafima Birman) – Ivan's aunt Efrosinia, usually dressed in black, is the chief villain of the piece, willing to do anything to get her son Vladimir on the throne. She is adamantly traditionalist and hates the Tsarina, relentlessly pushing the other boyars to