Dawn (Ausma) 8 years old

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.

Credits

Dawn Cast

Name	Character
Wiktor Zborowski He was 64, now 73 years old
Andris Keišs He was 40, now 49 years old

Dawn Crew

Name	Department
Wojciech Staron as Director of Photography.	Camera
Laila Pakalniņa as Director. She was 53 (now 61) years old	Directing
Laila Pakalniņa as Writer. She was 53 (now 61) years old	Writing