Released:
2015-11-23

Overview:
Based on a Soviet propaganda story about Young Pioneer (the Soviet equivalent of a Boy Scout) Morozov, who denounced his father to Stalin’s secret police and was in turn killed by his family. His life exemplified the duty of all good Soviet citizens to become informers, at any expense. In our film, 75 years later, we call him little Janis. He is a Pioneer who lives on the Soviet collective farm “Dawn”. His father is an enemy of the farm (and the Soviet system) and plots against it. Little Janis betrays his father; his father takes revenge upon his son. Who then in this old Soviet tale is good and who is bad? This film reveals that a distorted brain is always dangerous. Even today.

Director:
Laila Pakalnina

Runtime:
1h 32min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Antons Georgs Grauds
  as
  Little Janis
• 
  Vilis Daudziņš
  as
  Little Janis' Father
• 
  Wiktor Zborowski
  as
  Karl Ivanovitš
• 
  Āris Rozentāls
  as
  Karl Ivanovitš (voice)
• 
  Andris Keišs
  as
  Jekabs Kalnins