Victor and his family moved to the USSR in the mid '30's. 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.—Maxaira
A young American man in Russia in the 1920s to help build a factory makes a request to go home to the U.S. He is told that he will have to renounce his American citizenship; when he refuses, he is tried for treason and sentenced to life in the Soviet prison system, where he spends the next 38 years.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
The true story of Victor Herman, who immigrated to the Soviet Union c.1930 as a child with his parents. He became a star athlete, but was sent to Siberian work camps when he refused to renounce his American past and identify himself as Russian; he eventually spent 18 years in gulags before being released.—scgary66