Escape to the Sun (1972)
Two young university students wish to escape the oppressive Soviet Union. But their plans are monitored by the KGB, who try to intimidate them. One of them is taken into custody and tortured, which spurs them to make an escape attempt that could cost them their lives
Director: Menahem Golan
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Laurence Harvey as Major Kirsanov |
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Josephine Chaplin as Nina Kaplan |
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John Ireland as Jacob Kagan |
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Lila Kedrova as Sarah Kaplan |
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Jack Hawkins as Baburin |
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Clive Revill as The Drunkard |
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Yehuda Barkan as Yasha Bazarov |
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Yehuda Efroni as Romek |
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Peter Capell as Prof. Abramowiz |
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Gila Almagor as The Judge |
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Ewa Strömberg as Katia |
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Herbert Fux as |
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Hartmut Hinrichs as |
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Johanna König as |
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Sacha Pitoëff as |
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Ewa Strömberg as |
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Jean-Pierre Zola as |
| Camera | David Gurfinkel | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Menahem Golan | Director |
| Writing | Menahem Golan | Writer |
| Production | Menahem Golan | Producer |
| Editing | Alfred Srp | Editor |
| Art | Kuli Sander | Art Direction |
| Sound | Dov Seltzer | Original Music Composer |