Operation Thunderbolt (1977)
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.
- Released
- 1977-06-06
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Menahem Golan
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 from 20 votes
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
- Sybil Danning as Halima
- Arik Lavie as Gen. Dan Shomron
- Shaike Ophir as Gadi Arnon
- Reuven Bar-Yotam as Avraham Ben-David
- Gabi Amrani as Gavriel, a passeenger
- Mark Heath as Idi Amin Dada