Escape to the Sun
| 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.) |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Countries | France Israel |
| Language | English |
Escape to the Sun is a 1972 drama film written, produced, and directed by Menahem Golan and starring Laurence Harvey, Josephine Chaplin, John Ireland, Lila Kedrova and Jack Hawkins. The film was a co-production of Israel, France and West Germany.
The screenplay was written by Menahem Golan and Yosef Gross, based on a short story by Uri Dan. The plot centers around a group of Jews attempting to hijack a plane to escape from a police state. The country's name is not mentioned in the film, but it is clear that it refers to the Soviet Union.
The storyline is inspired by Operation Wedding, a documentary about the Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair, when a group of Jews, including refusal-to-emigrate individuals and human rights activists in the Soviet Union hijack an empty civilian plane on June 15, 1970. However, the resemblance between the two is minimal.
The film was shot in West Berlin and Norway.