The true story of a Lithuanian seaman's attempted defection in 1970, seeking political asylum in the United States, but denied and returned to the Soviets, charged with treason, and sentenced to hard labor.
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
A daring Lithuanian sailor's quest for freedom is crushed when he's denied asylum in the US and sent back to the Soviet Union, leading to a decade-long imprisonment for treason.
