“Their dream was the sun beyond the border”
Escape to the Sun
4.3
3 votes·1972
·1h 58m
·MovieThrillerActionDrama
Overview
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
Keywords
soviet unionkgbrefugees
Cast
Laurence Harvey
Major Kirsanov
Josephine Chaplin
Nina Kaplan
John Ireland
Jacob Kagan
Lila Kedrova
Sarah Kaplan
Jack Hawkins
Baburin
Clive Revill
The Drunkard
Yehuda Barkan
Yasha Bazarov
Yehuda Efroni
Romek
Peter Capell
Prof. Abramowiz
Gila Almagor
The Judge
Ewa Strömberg
Katia
Herbert Fux
Hartmut Hinrichs
Johanna König
Sacha Pitoëff
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