The Defection of Simas Kudirka
TV Movie
Drama

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

6.0
100 min
1978
David Lowell Rich

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.

Top Cast

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin

Simas Kudirka

Richard Jordan

Richard Jordan

Cmdr. Edward Devon

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Capt. Vladimir Popov

George Dzundza

George Dzundza

Gruzauskas

John McMartin

John McMartin

Phillip Chadway

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