The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)

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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.

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

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Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin as Simas Kudirka Died 2023 · New York City, New York, USA Alan Wolf Arkin (March 26, 1934 – June 29, 2023) was an American actor, director, musician and singer. He was known for starring in such films as Wait Until Dark, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians...
Richard Jordan
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Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence as Capt. Vladimir Popov Died 1995 · Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK Donald Henry Pleasence OBE (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995) was an English actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during a career which spanned over four decades. Often typecast as villaino...
George Dzundza
George Dzundza as Gruzauskas Age 80 · Rosenheim, Germany George Dzundza (born July 19, 1945) is an American television and film actor..
John McMartin
John McMartin as Phillip Chadway Died 2016 · Warsaw, Indiana, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Francis McMartin (August 21, 1929 – July 6, 2016) was an American actor of stage, film and television. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Mc...
Shirley Knight
Shirley Knight as Genna Kudirka Died 2020 · Goessel, Kansas, USA Shirley Enola Knight (July 5, 1936 – April 22, 2020) was an American stage, screen, and television actress. She has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, in 1960 for...

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