The Jump (2020)

What is The Jump about?

In the Cold War years of the 1970s, an American patrol boat meets a Soviet ship off the east coast of the United States for talks about fishing rights in the Atlantic. In the midst of this, while Russian commanders are aboard the U.S. Coast Guard vessel where the talks are being held, a Lithuanian sailor jumps across the ten feet of icy water separating the boats. Crash-landing on the deck of the American ship, he desperately begs for asylum. Though they try, the Americans ultimately fail to provide protection and the Soviets are allowed to capture him and brutally return him to their vessel. Thus begins a stranger-than-fiction story of imprisonment, discovery, fame, and freedom. Through rare archival footage and a dramatic first-person re-enactment of that fateful day by Simas Kudirka, the would-be defector himself, this tale of one of the biggest Cold War muddles takes us on a journey of uncanny twists of fate, and the emotional sacrifices of becoming a universal symbol of freedom. The Jump is a Documentary movie, released on 2020-10-09, runtime 85 minutes.

Is The Jump worth watching?

TMDB users rate The Jump 7.5 out of 10 from 10 ratings. It is widely liked by viewers.

Where can I watch The Jump?

In the United States, The Jump streams on Klassiki and can be rented from Amazon Video and Google Play Movies. The table on this page lists 5 more countries. Movie World also lists the official trailer, online streaming sources and links to external sources on this page.