https://www.filmplatform.net/product/the-jump
In 1970, in the middle of the Cold War, an American patrol boat meets a Soviet fishing vessel in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Suddenly, a Lithuanian sailor jumps across ten feet of icy water, landing on the deck of the American boat in a frantic bid for political asylum. To his horror, the Americans return him to the Soviets. Told through incredible archival footage and re-lived by the would-be defector Simas Kudirka himself, the tale takes us on a stranger-than-fiction journey of imprisonment, twists of fate, and the price of becoming a symbol of freedom.
| Running Time: | 85 min. |
| Subject(s): | American History, Biography, European History, Human Rights, Immigration and Migration, Politics |
| Language(s): | English, Lithuanian, Latvian |
| Subtitles: | English |
| Director(s): | |
| Producer(s): | Giedrė Žickytė, Uldis Cekulis |
| Cinematographer: | Rimvydas Leipus |
| Editor(s): | Thomas Ernst, Danielius Kokanauskis |
| Production Company: | Moonmakers |
