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1972 film

Escape to the Sun

Directed by	Menahem Golan
Written by	Menahem Golan
Produced by	Menahem Golan
Starring	Laurence Harvey Yehuda Barkan Josephine Chaplin Jack Hawkins
Cinematography	David Gurfinkel
Edited by	Alfred Srp
Music by	Dov Seltzer
Production companies	Comacico Noah Films
Distributed by	Cinevision (U.S.)
Release date	31 October 1972 (U.S.)
Running time	118 minutes

Escape to the Sun is a 1972 drama film written and directed by Menahem Golan and starring Laurence Harvey, Josephine Chaplin, John Ireland, Lila Kedrova and Jack Hawkins. The film was a co-production between Israel, France and West Germany.

Plot

A group of people wish to flee the Soviet Union to escape anti-semitism and political repression, but their activities soon attract the attention of the KGB secret police.

Cast

Laurence Harvey – Major Kirsalov
Josephine Chaplin – Nina Kaplan
John Ireland – Jacob Kaplan
Lila Kedrova – Sarah Kaplan
Jack Hawkins – Baburin
Yehuda Barkan – Yasha Bazarov
Yehuda Efroni – Romek
Peter Capell – Professor Abramowiz

Production

The film is based on a short story by author Uri Dan, and in turn based loosely on the events of the June 1970 Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair, in which a group of mostly Jews and two non-Jews unsuccessfully attempted to steal a Soviet airplane and fly it to freedom.

References

"BFI | Film & TV Database | HABRICHA EL HASHEMESH (1972)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2012-10-29.

External links

Escape to the Sun at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Menahem Golan
El Dorado (1963) Trunk to Cairo (1965) Fortuna (1966) Aliza Mizrahi (1967) Tevye and His Seven Daughters (1968) What's Good for the Goose (1969) Lupo! (1970) The Contract (1971) Escape to the Sun (1972) Kazablan (1973) Lepke (1975) Diamonds (1975) Operation Thunderbolt (1977) The Uranium Conspiracy (1978) The Magician of Lublin (1979) The Apple (1980) Enter the Ninja (1981) Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984) The Delta Force (1986) Over the Top (1987) Hanna's War (1988) Mack the Knife (1989) Deadly Heroes (1993) The Versace Murder (1998) Lima: Breaking the Silence (1999) Crime and Punishment (2002)

Films directed by Menahem Golan

El Dorado (1963)
Trunk to Cairo (1965)
Fortuna (1966)
Aliza Mizrahi (1967)
Tevye and His Seven Daughters (1968)
What's Good for the Goose (1969)
Lupo! (1970)
The Contract (1971)
Escape to the Sun (1972)
Kazablan (1973)
Lepke (1975)
Diamonds (1975)
Operation Thunderbolt (1977)
The Uranium Conspiracy (1978)
The Magician of Lublin (1979)
The Apple (1980)
Enter the Ninja (1981)
Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984)
The Delta Force (1986)
Over the Top (1987)
Hanna's War (1988)
Mack the Knife (1989)
Deadly Heroes (1993)
The Versace Murder (1998)
Lima: Breaking the Silence (1999)
Crime and Punishment (2002)

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