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My Father, the Spy (2019)

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.

Release: 2019-09-05
Runtime: 84 min
Rating: 5 / 10
Cast
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Natalija Knipse
Narrator (voice)
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Ieva Lesinska
Himself
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Imants Lesinskis
Himself (archive footage)
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Marta Lesinska
Herself
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Rasma Lesinska
Herself
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Thomas W. Dauenhauer
Himself
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David Major
Himself
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David Hunt
Himself
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Jason Potter
Himself
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Olgerts Pavlovskis
Himself
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
Himself (archive footage)
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Wolfgang Krieger
Himself
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Aldrich Ames
Himself (archive footage)
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Oleg Kalugin
Himself
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Elizabete Balčus
Young Ieva Lesinska
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Jānis Kaijaks
Imants Lesinskis
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Dace Vite
Rasma Lesinska
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Angelika Kralis
Rachel, 'The Iron Lady'