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Boy Hero 001
Pekka Lehto and Beatrix A. Wood| England/Russia |1997 | 55 min.| documentary

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," an 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 those who recall the myth and can expose the wretched reality.

Directed by: Pekka Lehto
Written by: Beatrix A. Wood
Narration by: Beatrix A. Wood
Director of Photography: Jurki Arnikar Producers: Pekka Lehto and Beatrix A. Wood Editor: Veronia Selver

In English and Russian with English subtitles

New York Premiere, 1998 HRWIFF. Distributed by Minotaur International, 17-19 Maddox Street, London WIR ODN, UK, Ph: 011 44 171 629 6789 Fax: 011 44 171 629 6799

Pekka Lehto

Pekka Lehto has directed feature films and three documentaries including THE WELL (1992), THE TEMPLE (1990), ALONE (1989), DA CAPO (1985), 250 GRAMMES (1983), and FLAME TOP (1980). BOY HERO 001 won the 1997 Finnish State Film Prize and the FIPA D'Or at the Biarritz Film Festival in 1996. It was nominated for the Prix Europa and has been featured in film festivals throughout Europe.

Beatrix A. Wood graduated form film school in 1986 and then trained with in Britain with numerous film producers. She worked as a development consultant for 8 years on feature films and dramatic series for broadcasters and distributors including Applecross, Majestic, Mayfair, and United Media. Wood also wrote several short films and re-wrote and edited a number of mini- series, including "One Crowded Hour," "Debt of Honor," and "Riders."

Wood co-founded Aurora Films and has written and produced all of Aurora's commissions. In 1993, she gained a post-graduate certificate from the EAVE European Producers Course with her film project "A Pair of Blue Eyes." She has written the screenplays for THE BIG MINUTE, CAT FIST, GIANT, and TEST DRIVE, and has worked extensively in Europe raising co- production financing for these films. She is currently developing the television series "Re- Birth," with Principal Film. Wood will also direct THERE'S A DEVIL IN MY PIGGERY, a short film.

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