Escape to the Sun

• Director: Menahem Golan
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Melodrama
• Main Cast: Josephine Chaplin
• Release Year: 1972
• Country: FR/IL/WG
• Run Time: 105 minutes

Plot

The ongoing plight of Russian Jewry serves as the backdrop for the Golan-Globus effort Escape to the Sun (Habricha el Hashemesh). Laurence Harvey is cast against type as Major Kirsanov, a nasty KGB officer who refuses to allow Soviet Jews Nina Kaplan (Josephine Chaplin, Charlie's daughter and Geraldine's sister) and Yasha Bazarov (Yuda Barkin) to emigrate to Israel. In desperation, Nina, Yasha and several others hijack a jetliner. Kirsanov foils the plan, but Nina and Yasha manage to escape--if you can call heading to the desolate Russian steppes an "escape." The actors are talented and the locations well chosen, but the script is a real let-down. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Gila Almagor - The Judge; Peter Capell - Prof. Abramoviz; Josephine Chaplin - Nina Kaplan; Yehuda Efroni - Romek; Jack Hawkins - Baburin; Lila Kedrova - Sarah Kaplan; Clive Revill - The Drunk; Laurence Harvey - Maj. Kirsanov; John Ireland - Jacob Kagan; Yehuda Barkan - Yasha Bazarov

Credit

Yoram Globus - Associate Producer, Menahem Golan - Director, Fred Srp - Editor, Dov Seltzer - Composer (Music Score), David Gurfinkel - Cinematographer, Menahem Golan - Producer, Uri Dan - Screen Story, Joseph Gross - Screenwriter, Menahem Golan - Screenwriter