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The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)

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Audience Score
60
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
NR 1 hr 40 minJan 23rd, 1978Drama, TV Movie
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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
StarringAlan ArkinRichard JordanDonald Pleasence
DirectorDavid Lowell Rich
WriterBruce Feldman

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Gerald W. Abrams, Gerald I. Isenberg
Production Companies:Paramount Television Studios The Jozak Company
Movie Tags:
based on true storydefection