The Jump
The Jump- Director
- Giedrė Žickytė
- Country
- Lithuania, Latvia, France
- Year
- 2020
- Genre
- Documentary
- Scriptwriters
- Giedrė Žickytė
- Production
- MOONMAKERS
Storyline
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.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
DocsBarcelona - International Documentary Film Festival 2021
Panorama Official Section
Call for proposals Tv Broadcasting
Year 2016
Call number 21/2015
Media support 60.000,00€
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