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.^[1] 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.