My Father The Spy (2018)

Written and directed by - Jaak Kilmi and Gints Grūbe
Producers - Gints Grūbe, Antra Gaile
Co-Producers - Jörg Bundschuh, Julietta Sichel, Jaak Kilmi
Director of Photography - Aigars Sērmukšs, LGC
Camera Operators - Roland Wagner, Mārtiņš Jurēvics, Rinalds Zelts
Still Photographer - Agnese Zeltiņa
DIT - Alice Morduhay-Boltovskaya
Sound Recordists - Anete Vanaga, Klāvs Siliņš, Oskars Ostrovskis, Björn Rothe
Recording Engineer - Anrijs Krenbergs
Editor - Armands Začs
Editing Consultant - Stephan Krumbiegel
Assistant Editors - Krišs Roziņš, Miks Ramāns, Mati Kustavus
Production Designer - Kristīne Jurjāne
Construction Manager - Oskars Plataiskalns
Set Decorator - Jānis Liniņš
Set Dressers - Līga Zepa, Anna Eglīte, Anna Ansone, Elīna Valdmane
Props Master - Vija Liepiņa
Costume Designer - Renata Janoušková
Costumers - Jeļena Loginova, Aija Strazdiņa
Key Make-up Artist - Eva Ungrová Malíková
Make-up Artists - Aija Beata Rjabovska, Ilona Zariņa
Composer - Janek Murd
Composer of Soundscapes - Jan Trojan
Casting by - Dace Jokste, Gita Gulbe, Baltic Casting Agency
First Assistant Director - Daiga Livčāne
Gaffer - Juris Zemītis
Best Boy - Jānis Kukulis
Electrican - Uldis Tripāns
Drivers - Jonathan Loyche, Josefine Ulrich, Vítězslav Gärtner
Post Production Services - Czech TV
Post Production Manager - Petr Morávek
Post Production Supervisor - Roman Blaas
Post Production Assistant - Lucie Zvěřinová
Color Correction - Jan Mikita
Post Production Sound Services - Sleepwalker
Sound Edit & Design - Lukáš Ujčík
Re-recording Mix - Lukáš Ujčík
Foley Recordist - Veronika Bartošová
Foley Artists - Tomáš Flekna, Jana Ludvíková
Post-Production Producer - Ludvík K. Bohadlo
Translators - Ieva Lešinska-Geibere, Sabine Ozola
Narrated by - Natālija Knipše
Subtitles - Portlingua CR, Subtex, Jana Berzina
Mastering - Wolfdieter Gautzsch
VFX - Bernhard Mahler
Graphic Design - Ina Bundschuh
Accountants - Laila Liepiņa, Dagmar Wolf, Jana Jáčová, Piret Ratassepp
Production Assistants - Madara Kalniņa, Inês Sampaio
Production Manager - Alexandra Minzlaff
Supervising producer Germany - Franz Hirner
Associate Producers - Inese Boka-Grūbe, Elīna Gediņa-Ducena, Moritz Bundschuh, Jan Froněk
Commissioning Editors - Rolf Bergmann (RBB), Matthias Leybrand and Carlos Gerstenhauer (BR), Markéta Štinglová and Věra Krincvajová (Czech TV), Jenny Westergård (Yle)

Special Thanks to
Ieva Lešinska and her family

Featuring (in order of apperance)
Ieva Lešinska – Geibere
Marta Lešinska
Rasma Lešinska
Thomas Dauenhauer
David G. Major
David P. Hunt
Jason Potter
Oļģerts Pavlovskis
Dr. Wolfgang Krieger
Oleg Kalugin

Featuring
Young Ieva Lešinska - Elizabete Balčus
Imants Lešinskis - Jānis Kaijaks
Rasma Lešinska - Dace Vite
Rachel / "the Iron Lady" - Angelika Kralliša
Joy - Elizabete Skrastiņa
Joy's boyfriend - Romāns Bajārs
Fortuneteller - Iveta Vīksna

Extras
Ingmārs Bisenieks
Emīls Broks
Elīna Gediņa-Ducena
Armands Ikalis
Inese Kamergrauze
Mārtiņš Kaprāns
Arians Karlovičs
Mārtiņš Kraujiņš
Ivans Kuncevičs
Linards Lange
Svetlana Majorova
Kristaps Pētersons
Edgars Rasnacis
Juris Semjonovs
Dāvis Skrastiņš
Ruslans Suharevs
Kristaps Svētiņš
Māra Uzuliņa
Emīls Vālbergs
Jānis Zariņš

We wish to thank
Anna Bischof
Svetlana A. Chervonnaya
Inga Fricberga
Ronald Kessler
Alda Kļaviņš
Atis Lejiņš
Astrīda Lūce
Eižens Počs
Ģirts Zēgners
Jānis Liepiņš
Benjamin Smith
Agnese Lūse
Chad Aylestock
Pamela Cohn
Prof. Dr. Raoul Eshelmon
Stephan and Reni Fischer von Poturzyn
Elvis Grīnbergs
Iva Hejlíčková
Carmen Kirchweger
Peter Kolano
Zuzana Kopečková
Pavlína Kozáková
Claudia Laštro
Martin Pieper
Jana Pišvejcová
Romet Pott
Michal Rataj
Martin Růžička
Tomas Schollaert
Hubert von Spreti
Prof. Dr. Petra Stykow
Ph.D. Prokop Tomek
Harlds Vecvagars
Dominik Vítek
Ginta Zalcmane
Osvalds Zebris
Baltic Casting Agency
Barrandov Studio a.s.
Geschwister Scholl Institute of Political Science
Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Christine Berg (FFA)
Helena Bezděk Fraňková and Petr Vítek (Czech Film Fund)
Manfred Burger (LfA)
Ingeborg Degener and Ewa Szurogajlo (Creative Europe Desk München)
Kristin Holst (DFFF)
Adina Mungenast and Prof. Dr. Klaus Schaefer (FFF Bayern)
Lelda Ozola (Creative Europe Desk Latvia)
National Film Centre of Latvia
State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia

Archival material supplied by
Film Archives Inc.
Getty Images
Footage Farm
Kinolibrary
Latvian State Archive of Audiovisual Documents
National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD
Net-Film
RBB
SVT
Scanpix
Svetlana A. Chervonnaya, "The Duel Of Intelligence: Russia-US", VGTRK, 2005
Romualds Pipars, "Double Portrait Of A Coin", Gilde Film Studio, 2008
Photos, notes and voice recordings of Imants Lešinskis used in the film are from the private archive of Ieva Lešinska

Additional music by:
Maurat Kazhlaev “Snezhnyi chelovek”
Published by Melodiya, 1973

Sven Grünberg & Mess “Valged hommikud”

Atlantic Seven “Donna”
Published by Atlantic Seven music library

Eric D. Smith “Love Me Tonight”
Published by Apollo Music

Mike Quitter “Just Set Me Free”
Published by Apollo Music

Martin Ahm Nielsen “Disco Forever”
Published by Apollo Music

Erik Satie “3 Gymnopedies: No.1, Lent et douloureux
Published by Naxos


Participated in the WEMW co-production forum and Baltic Sea Forum

This film was produced with the support of EAST EUROPEAN FORUM 2015
organized by the Institute of Documentary Film, Czech Republic

This film has been developed with the support of the dok.incubator workshop 2018

RBB, BR, CZECH TV, YLE, ERR, LTV

Financially supported by
NATIONAL FILM CENTER OF LATVIA
STATE CULTURE CAPITAL FOUNDATION OF LATVIA
FFF Bayern
Deutscher Film Förder Fonds
CZECH FILM FUND
ESTONIAN FILM INSTITUTE
ESTONIAN CULTURE ENDOWMENT
CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA DEVELOPMENT
CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA TV PROGRAMMING

© Mistrus Media, Kick Film GmbH, 8Heads Productions, Pimik, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Czech Television 2019