Dawn
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.
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
