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   The Defection of Simas Kudirka is a 1978 American made-for-television drama film based on actual events, featuring Alan Arkin as Simas Kudirka, a Lithuanian merchant seaman who attempts to defect from the Soviet Union to the United States by jumping onto a U.S. Coast Guard cutter.

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   Jan 23, 1978 · The Defection of Simas Kudirka: Directed by David Lowell Rich. With Alan Arkin, Richard Jordan, Donald Pleasence, George Dzundza. Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States.

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   • Genre: Drama

   • Director: David Lowell Rich
   • Release Date: 1978-01-23

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   A fact-based drama about the Lithuanian seaman who made an abortive attempt for freedom in 1970 by leaping from a Russian ship to the deck of an American Coast Guard cutter in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

   • Director: David Lowell Rich

   • Actors: Alan Arkin

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   Jul 1, 2023 · 3. 158 views 10 months ago. The true story of a Lithuanian defector who jumped aboard an American warship from a Russian fishing ship, but was returned to the Russians because of bureaucratic...

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   In 1970, Russian radio operator Simas Kudirka (Alan Arkin) jumps aboard the deck of a U.S. Coast Guard ship in Martha's Vineyard and announces his intention to defect.

   • Category: Drama
   • Actors: Alan Arkin, Richard Jordan, Donald Pleasence

   • Director: David Lowell Rich

8. www.tvguide.com › movies › the-defection-of-simasThe Defection of Simas Kudirka - Where to Watch and Stream ...

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   The Defection of Simas Kudirka. 1978. 1 hr 40 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. About the real-life seaman (Alan Arkin) who jumped from a Soviet trawler to a Coast Guard cutter in 1970. Shirley Knight,...

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   Is the defection of Simas Kudirka based on a true story?

   • The Defection of Simas Kudirka is a 1978 American made-for-television drama film based on actual events, featuring Alan Arkin as Simas Kudirka, a Lithuanian merchant seaman who attempts to defect from the Soviet Union to the United States by jumping onto a U.S. Coast Guard cutter.

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   What happened to Simas Kudirka?

   • On Thanksgiving Day in 1970, a Lithuanian sailor named Simas Kudirka defected from the Soviet Union by jumping off a Soviet vessel and on board a U.S. Coast Guard cutter ship, pleading for asylum and begging for his freedom. His fate about whether he should be returned to the Soviets was the subject of much debate.

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   Who is Simas Kudirka?

   • The movie revolves around the true events of a Lithuanian man, Simas Kudirka, who was at the time a radio operator on a Soviet fish processing vessel. When his ship meets at sea with a U.S. Coast Guard cutter near Martha's Vineyard in 1970, Kudirka makes a dramatic leap from the deck, landing on the USCGC Vigilant.

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   Is Kudirka a true story?

   • 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 veri... Read all

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    Oct 13, 2014 · This two time primetime Emmy winning* Television movie is based on a true story of Lithuanian seaman Simas Kudirka, a demoralized man surviving under Soviet oppression during the 1970s. He is portrayed with passionate accuracy by the Academy Award Winning actor Alan Arkin**.

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