Synopsis
It’s Thanksgiving Day, 1970, the Atlantic Ocean. A US patrol boat meets a Soviet fishing vessel. A Soviet sailor jumps across the icy water onto the American boat in a frantic bid for freedom. To his horror, and to the outcry of the world media, the Americans return him to the Soviets. Through rare archival footage and a dramatic, first-person re-enactment by the would-be defector, 86-year-old Simas Kudirka, we relive one of the most unpredictable Cold War muddles.
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- Co-production : Faites un Vœu
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Coproducer countries : Lithuania, France, Latvia
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2020
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