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.
Bruce Feldman
Writer
David Lowell Rich
Director
Alan Arkin
Simas Kudirka
Richard Jordan
Cmdr. Edward Devon
Donald Pleasence
Capt. Vladimir Popov
George Dzundza
Gruzauskas
John McMartin
Phillip Chadway
Shirley Knight
Genna Kudirka
Marvin Silbersher
Cmdr. Burkalis
Peter Evans
Mott
Ted Shackelford
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