THE JUMP

By Giedrė ŽICKYTĖ

METFILM SALES - as SALES

Documentary - Completed 2020

Through rare archival footage and a dramatic first-person re-enactment of one of the biggest Cold War muddles of the 1970s, Lithuanian sailor Simas Kudirka tells the tale of his desperate jump to freedom.

    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • LITHUANIA, LATVIA, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • LITHUANIAN, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 85 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Giedrė ŽICKYTĖ
    • Producer(s)
    • Uldis CEKULIS (VFS Films), Giedrė ŽICKYTĖ (Moonmakers)
    • 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.