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The Defection of Simas Kudirka

23 Jan 1978
100 min
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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.

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Nicholas Saunders

Soviet Chairman

Donald Pleasence

Capt. Vladimir Popov

Alan Arkin

Simas Kudirka

Richard Jordan

Cmdr. Edward Devon

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John McMartin

Phillip Chadway

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Shirley Knight

Genna Kudirka

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George Dzundza

Gruzauskas

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