Boy Hero
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During Stalin's reign, twelve year-old Pavlik Morozov became a legendary hero for betraying his father to the secret police as an "enemy of the state," a act which became a symbol of Stalin's monolithic state-machine. Streets, parks and schools were named after this "little patriot." Pavlik's heroic
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Pekka Lehto
Director
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
55m
Synopsis
During Stalin's reign, twelve year-old Pavlik Morozov became a legendary hero for betraying his father to the secret police as an "enemy of the state," a act which became a symbol of Stalin's monolithic state-machine. Streets, parks and schools were named after this "little patriot." Pavlik's heroic reputation has come in for its share of revisionist analysis since Perestroika. We return to the remote village where he was born to meet with those who recall the myth and can expose the wretched reality.
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
55m
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Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City (Walter Reade) June 12-25, 1998.
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