Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 1972 drama film written and directed by menahem golan and starring laurence harvey”. Today it says “a 1972 drama film written”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
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 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 .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
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 . A group of people wish to flee the Soviet Union to escape political repression, but their activities soon attract the attention of the police and KGB .
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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 .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
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 .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
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 .
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a 1972 drama film written and directed by menahem golan and starring laurence harvey
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a 1972 drama film written
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