Yeah its nice to look at, but I need a films to be more than a hot beast. Yeah, the kid actor is superb, and the most of the others actors are OK, still, its' structure i flawed. I miss a driving conflict. Tarkovsky did not build up enough tension for us to wonder if the kid will make it. Another grand problem is the phasing towards post middle and end, especially the end. I know a film necessarily doesn't need a climax, but this films really clumsy cuts to the victory of the bolsheviks.