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The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)

The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)

Drama TV Movie
Release Date: 1978, January 23
Directors: David Lowell Rich
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Television, Paramount Television, The Jozak Company, The Jozak Company
Cast: David Gibson, Nicholas Guest, Michael Stein, Richard Jordan, Barton Heyman, M.F. Bernier, Donald Pleasence, Alan Arkin, Don Wescott, Peter Evans, Salem Ludwig, Jack Blessing

Overview:

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.

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based on true story defection