My Father, the Spy

My Father, the Spy (2019)

Documentary

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.

Directors: Jaak Kilmi, Gints Grūbe.

Casts

	Natalija Knipse as Narrator (voice)
	Ieva Lesinska as Himself
	Imants Lesinskis as Himself (archive footage)
	Marta Lesinska as Herself
	Rasma Lesinska as Herself
	Thomas W. Dauenhauer as Himself
	David Major as Himself
	David Hunt as Himself
	Jason Potter as Himself
	Olgerts Pavlovskis as Himself
	Jimmy Carter as Himself (archive footage)
	Wolfgang Krieger as Himself
	Aldrich Ames as Himself (archive footage)
	Oleg Kalugin as Himself
	Elizabete Balčus as Young Ieva Lesinska
	Jānis Kaijaks as Imants Lesinskis
	Dace Vite as Rasma Lesinska
	Angelika Kralis as Rachel, 'The Iron Lady'
	Elizabete Skrastiņa as Joy
	Romans Bajars as Joy's Boyfriend
	Iveta Viksna as Fortuneteller

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