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In 1970, in the middle of the Cold War, an American patrol boat meets a Soviet fishing vessel in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Suddenly, a Lithuanian sailor jumps across ten feet of icy water, landing on the deck of the American boat in a frantic bid for political asylum. To his horror, the Amer...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Žickytė, Giedre, 1980- (Director, Producer), Cekulis, Uldis (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Lithuanian
Latvian
Language Notes:In English, Lithuanian, Latvian with English subtitles.
Published: [Tel Aviv, Israel] : Film Platform, 2020.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Kudirka, Simas.
Kudirka, Simas
Political refugees > Soviet Union > Biography.
Political refugees > United States > History > 20th century.
Cold War.
Guerre froide.
Political refugees
Soviet Union
United States
1900-1999
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Biographies
Documentary films
Feature films
History
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:In 1970, in the middle of the Cold War, an American patrol boat meets a Soviet fishing vessel in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Suddenly, a Lithuanian sailor jumps across ten feet of icy water, landing on the deck of the American boat in a frantic bid for political asylum. To his horror, the Americans return him to the Soviets. Told through incredible archival footage and re-lived by the would-be defector Simas Kudirka himself, the tale takes us on a stranger-than-fiction journey of imprisonment, twists of fate, and the price of becoming a symbol of freedom.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed June 30, 2021).
Physical Description:1 online resource (85 minutes)
Playing Time:01:24:52
Awards:Best Doc Award, Warsaw International Film Festival, 2020