The Defection of Simas Kudirka

(1978)

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Жанры: телевизионный фильм, драма

Год: 1978

Длительность: 100 мин

Страна: United States of America

Режиссёр: David Lowell Rich

В ролях: Алан Аркин, Richard Jordan, Дональд Плезенс, George Dzundza, Джон МакМартин, Ширли Найт, Marvin Silbersher, Peter Evans, Ted Shackelford, Barton Heyman

Сюжет

Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States. Kudirka was denied asylum and returned to the Soviets, charged with treason, and sentenced to ten years of hard labor. It was later discovered and verified that his mother had been born in Brooklyn and gone to Lithuania at a young age, which meant she was a U. S. citizen. As a result, Kudirka was declared a U. S. citizen and in 1974 released by the Soviets.