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MetFilm Sales | Release Date (Streaming): March 1, 2022
Summary: In 1970 Lithuanian sailor Simas Kudirka made a desperate leap for freedom from his Soviet vessel to a US Coast Guard cutter, but the Americans sent him back - inciting one of the Cold War's most complex and suspenseful political blunders.
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Runtime: 84 min
Rating: Not Rated
Production: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Genres: History, Documentary
Countries: DE, US, FR, LV, LT
Languages: English, Lithuanian
Director Credit
Giedre Zickyte Director
Writer Credit
Giedre Zickyte Writer
Josh Alexander Story Consultant
Principal Cast Credit
Daiva Kezys Self - Lithuanian American
Grazina Paegle Self - Lithuanian American
Paul E. Pakos Self - Executive Officer - USCGC Vigilant
Ralph W. Eustis Self - Commander - USCGC Vigilant
Richard Nixon Self
Robert M. Brieze Self - New Bedford Seafood Producers Association
S. Paul Zumbakis Self - Robert Hanrahan's Speechwriter
Simas Kudirka Self - Radio Operator - Sovetskaya Litva
Vytautas Urbonas Self - KGB Interrogator
Walter Cronkite Self
Cast Credit
Ann Ingham Self
Barbara Korman Self
Gerald Ford Self
Henry Kissinger Self
Robert P. Hanrahan Self - U.S. Representative From Illinois
Producer Credit
Alexandre Marionnaud Commissioning Editor: France Télévisions
Andrius Korvel Executive Producer
Axel Arnö Commissioning Editor: SVT
Catherine Siméon Co-Producer
Daniel J. Chalfen Co-Producer
David Amiel Commissioning Editor: France Télévisions
Dominique Renauld Commissioning Editor: Viàvosges
Giedre Zickyte Producer
Ingmar Trost Consultant Producer
Jenny Westergård Commissioning Editor: YLE
Jim Butterworth Executive Producer
Jutta Krug Commissioning Editor: WDR
Katrin Rajasaare Commissioning Editor: ERR
Liene Kalnaella Commissioning Editor: LTV
Lolita Bytautaite Commissioning Editor: LRT
Maxime Owyszer Executive Producer
Nick Ware Consultant Producer
Renaud Allilaire Commissioning Editor: France Télévisions
Uldis Cekulis Producer
Ulrich Brochhagen Commissioning Editor: MDR
Vesna Cudic Executive Producer
Zane Valeniece Commissioning Editor: LTV
Zilvinas Mecelis Executive Producer