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.
as Little Janis
as Little Janis' Father
as Karl Ivanovitš
as Karl Ivanovitš (voice)
as Jekabs Kalnins
as Mirdza Ozolina
as Joosep Ozolin
as Narrator
as Doctor
as Pioneer
as Karl Ivanovitš's Assistant
as Teacher
as Neighbour
as Bandit
as Bandit
as Bandit
as Bandit
as Bandit
as Woman on the Road
as Girl on the Road
as Militia
as Pilot
as Brigadier
as Old Man
as Young Communist Ivars
as Man in Wheelchair
as Witch
as Angel
as Dog Instructor
as Lienite
as Little Janis' Brother
as Little Janis' Mother
as Demanding Man
as Laughing Pioneer
as Convoy
as Convoy
as Man with Telephone
as Ozolin's Child
