Dawn (2015)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 2015-11-23
Runtime: 92 minutes
Director: Laila Pakalnina
Top 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
- Liena Šmukste as Mirdza Ozolina
- Ģirts Krūmiņš as Joosep Ozolin
- Rūdolfs Plēpis as Narrator
- Ivars Brakovskis as Doctor
- Beatrise Gulbe as Pioneer
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