Operation Thunderbolt (1977)

6.1/10 124 min Action Drama Thriller

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.

Cast

Yehoram Gaon

Col. Yonatan Netanyahu

Gila Almagor

Nurit Aviv

Klaus Kinski

Wilfried Boese

Assi Dayan

Shuki

Shmuel Rodensky

Familienoberhaupt

Rolf Eden

Air France Co-Pilot

Sybil Danning

Halima

Arik Lavie

Gen. Dan Shomron

Shaike Ophir

Gadi Arnon

Reuven Bar-Yotam

Avraham Ben-David

Gabi Amrani

Gavriel, a passeenger

Henri Czarniak

Michel Bacos

Shoshana Shani-Lavie

Alma Raviv

Oded Teomi

Dan Zamir

Aryeh Moskona

Israeli citizens in conference (uncredited)

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