7 reviews
Drama
1h 32m
2015
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...

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.
- DirectorLaila Pakalnina
- Release23 November 2015
- GenreDrama
- Duration1h 32m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate7 reviews
- Productions
Hargla Company, Staron Film
Cast

Vilis Daudziņš
Little Janis' Father

Wiktor Zborowski
Karl Ivanovitš

Āris Rozentāls
Karl Ivanovitš (voice)

Andris Keišs
Jekabs Kalnins

Liena Šmukste
Mirdza Ozolina

Ģirts Krūmiņš
Joosep Ozolin

Rūdolfs Plēpis
Narrator

Gatis Gāga
Karl Ivanovitš's Assistant

Uldis Lieldidzs
Teacher

Pēteris Liepiņš
Neighbour

Mārcis Maņjakovs
Militia

Indra Briķe
Brigadier

Artis Drozdovs
Young Communist Ivars

Guna Zariņa
Little Janis' Mother
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