My Father, the Spy

My Father, the Spy

2019/09/05 • Released • English, Russian, Latvian

Documentary
5.0
1h 24m

Overview

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.

Director : Jaak Kilmi

Casts

Natalija Knipse

Narrator (voice)

Ieva Lesinska

Himself

Imants Lesinskis

Himself (archive footage)

Marta Lesinska

Herself

Rasma Lesinska

Herself

Thomas W. Dauenhauer

Himself

David Major

Himself

David Hunt

Himself

Jason Potter

Himself

Olgerts Pavlovskis

Himself

Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

Himself (archive footage)

Wolfgang Krieger

Himself

Aldrich Ames

Himself (archive footage)

Oleg Kalugin

Himself

Elizabete Balčus

Young Ieva Lesinska

Jānis Kaijaks

Imants Lesinskis

Dace Vite

Rasma Lesinska

Angelika Kralis

Rachel, 'The Iron Lady'

Elizabete Skrastiņa

Joy

Romans Bajars

Joy's Boyfriend

Iveta Viksna

Fortuneteller

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