Operation Thunderbolt
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6.1In July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in Israeli prisons. After much debate, the Israeli government sent an elite commando unit to raid the airfield and release the hostages.
Released: 1977-06-06124 minDir: Menahem GolanAction, Drama, Thriller
Cast
- Yehoram Gaon as Col. Yonatan Netanyahu
- Gila Almagor as Nurit Aviv
- Klaus Kinski as Wilfried Boese
- Assi Dayan as Shuki
- Shmuel Rodensky as Familienoberhaupt
- Rolf Eden as Air France Co-Pilot
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1977
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Israel
- Original language
- German
- Main subject
- Entebbe raid
- Director
- Menahem Golan
- Screenwriter
- Menahem Golan
- Composer
- Dov Seltzer
- Producer
- Yoram Globus
- Cinematographer
- Adam Greenberg
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1970s action thriller films1970s Hebrew-language films1977 English-language films1977 films1977 multilingual filmsArabic-language Israeli filmsCultural depictions of Idi AminDocudrama filmsEnglish-language action thriller filmsEnglish-language Israeli filmsFilms about aircraft hijackingsFilms about aviation