Watch The Defection of Simas Kudirka Free Online in CoPlay (1978)
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Watch The Defection of Simas Kudirka Free Online in CoPlay (1978)
Release Date
23 Jan, 1978
Runtime
01:40: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
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.
Original Title
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
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Alan Arkin
Richard Jordan
Donald Pleasence
George Dzundza
John McMartin
Shirley Knight
Ted Shackelford
Barton Heyman
Jack Blessing
Nicholas Guest
Matthew Arkin
Salem Ludwig
David Gibson
Crew
David Lowell Rich
Gerald W. Abrams
David Shire
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