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 storyline is inspired by Operation Wedding, an attempted hijacking of a civilian plane on June 15, 1970, by a group of Jews, including refusal-to-emigrate individuals and human rights activists in the Soviet Union.

A group of people wish to flee the Soviet Union to escape anti-semitism and political repression, but their activities soon attract the attention of the KGB secret police.

He faces antisemitism at the university, primarily from the student Grisha (Hartmond Heinricks), and therefore requests permission to immigrate to the United States, where his mother lives.

Present at the meeting are also scientist Professor Abramovich (Peter Copley) and former pilot Kagan (John Ireland).

Yasha receives an immigration permit, but the day before, they begin to marry secretly so Nina can later apply for family reunification.

The next day, they say goodbye to Yasha, who boards the plane but is arrested, imprisoned, and tortured to reveal the plans of the group he met.