Ivan's Childhood (1962)

Evgeniy Zharikov: Galtsev

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• Ivan : Is he a Fritz too?

  Galtsev : He's either a German doctor or writer.

  Ivan : They have no writers. I saw them burning books in a square. They poured gasoline on them and set them on fire. There was soot in the air for a week.

  Galtsev : That writer lived 400 years ago.

  Ivan : Well, then maybe.

• Galtsev : A war's no place for children.

• Galtsev : War is a man's business. It's not for girls.

• Galtsev : What'll become of him?

  Leonid Kholin : The colonel or Katasonych will adopt him when the war's over.

  Galtsev : Why them and not you?

  Leonid Kholin : The colonel says I need bringing up myself.

• Leonid Kholin : Volunteered, didn't you? Are you frightened now?

  Galtsev : It's sort of unexpected.

  Leonid Kholin : Everything in life is.

• Galtsev : War isn't for boys.