Documentary

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2019

My Father the Spy

My Father the Spy

My Father the Spy

Ieva revisis her father, the Soviet spy

Synopsis

As a young Soviet student in 1978, Ieva could not have predicted that a holiday visit to her father, Imants Lešinskis, then working in the Soviet mission at the United Nations in New York City, would irreversibly split her life in two. Entangled in a dark spy game, Ieva was forced to leave her former life behind, never to see her mother or her homeland of Latvia again. Pulling back the curtain on the shady behind-the-scenes world of the Cold War, this film tells a daughter’s dramatic story of her double-agent father, exploring their relationship against the backdrop of events which have their roots over four decades ago.

Director

Ieva Ozoliņa

Countries

Latvia, Germany, Czech Republic

Runtime

85'

Status

Released

Co-producers

Kick Film (Germany), 8Heads Productions (Czech Republic), PIMIK (Estonia)

Festivals & awards

Premiere: Scheffield Documentary Film Festival

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Credits

Director: Jaak Kilmi, Gints Grūbe

Set Designer: Kristīne Jurjāne

Editor: Armands Začs

Associate Producer: Inese Boka-Grūbe

Co-Producer: Jorg Bundschuh (Germany), Julietta Sichel (Czech Republic), Jaak Klimi (Estonia)

Producer: Gints Grūbe, Antra Gaile


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