
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.
Little Janis
Little Janis' Father

Karl Ivanovitš

Karl Ivanovitš (voice)

Jekabs Kalnins

Mirdza Ozolina

Joosep Ozolin

Narrator

Doctor

Pioneer
Karl Ivanovitš's Assistant

Teacher

Neighbour

Bandit
Bandit
Bandit
Bandit
Bandit
Woman on the Road
Girl on the Road
Militia

Pilot
Brigadier

Old Man
Young Communist Ivars

Man in Wheelchair
Witch
Angel
Dog Instructor
Lienite
Little Janis' Brother
Little Janis' Mother

Demanding Man
Laughing Pioneer
Convoy
Convoy
Man with Telephone
Ozolin's Child