My Father the Spy
Synopsis
As a young Soviet student in 1978, Ieva could not have predicted that a holiday visit to her father, Imants Lesinskis, 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 is 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. In order to find herself and understand the game she was part of, Ieva sets out on a journey to the past, confronting family secrets, lies and betrayal.
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Edited by Armands ZacsShot by Aigars SermukssScored by Janek MurdDesigned by Kristine Jurjane
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17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Natalija Knipse
as Narrator
Ieva Lesinska
as Self
Imants Lesinskis
as Self, Ieva Lesinska's father
Marta Lesinska
as Self, Ieva Lesinska's mother
Rasma Lesinska
as self, Imants Lesinskis' second wife
Thomas W Dauenhauer
as Self, former FBI agent
David Major
as Self, former FBI agent
David Hunt
as Self, former CIA intelligence officer
Jason Potter
as Self
Olgerts Pavlovskis
as Self, chairman of World Federation of Free Latvians
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