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Operation Thunderbolt

1977

124 minutes

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Overview

In 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.

Top Cast

Yehoram Gaon headshot

Yehoram Gaon

Col. Yonatan Netanyahu

Gila Almagor headshot

Gila Almagor

Nurit Aviv

Klaus Kinski headshot

Klaus Kinski

Wilfried Boese

Assi Dayan headshot

Assi Dayan

Shuki

Shmuel Rodensky headshot

Shmuel Rodensky

Familienoberhaupt

Rolf Eden headshot

Rolf Eden

Air France Co-Pilot

Sybil Danning headshot

Sybil Danning

Halima

Arik Lavie headshot

Arik Lavie

Gen. Dan Shomron

Shaike Ophir headshot

Shaike Ophir

Gadi Arnon

Reuven Bar-Yotam headshot

Reuven Bar-Yotam

Avraham Ben-David

Gabi Amrani headshot

Gabi Amrani

Gavriel, a passeenger

Mark Heath headshot

Mark Heath

Idi Amin Dada

Henri Czarniak headshot

Henri Czarniak

Michel Bacos

Shoshana Shani-Lavie headshot

Shoshana Shani-Lavie

Alma Raviv

Oded Teomi headshot

Oded Teomi

Dan Zamir