Victor and his family moved to the USSR in the mid 30s. When he refused to sign his skydiving accomplishment as a citizen of the USSR, he was not tried but simply sent to prison. His horrific imprisonment, beating and torture culminated with his being sent to the Gulag for many years. He was in the Soviet Union, according to the film, for a total of 45 years.
1982
HD
104min
English
Waris Hussein
Francesca Annis
John Savage
Willie Nelson
Bernice Stegers
Frank Windsor
Peter Vaughan
Ben Cross
Sylvia Kay
David Hayman
biography
based on memoir or autobiography
