Operation Thunderbolt (1977)
Mivtsa Yonatan
124 min
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.
- Release date
- June 6, 1977
- Country of origin
- Israel
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Trailer
Cast
- Gila Almagor as Nurit Aviv
- Klaus Kinski as Wilfried Boese
- Assi Dayan as Shuki
- Shmuel Rodensky as Family Representative
- 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 passnger
- Mark Heath as Idi Amin Dada
- Henri Czarniak as Michel Bacos
- Oded Teomi as Dan Zamir
- Aryeh Moskona as Israeli citizens in conference (uncredited)
- Dvora Kedar as Israeli citizens in conference (uncredited)
- Yehoram Gaon as Col. Yonatan Netanyahu
Crew
- Menahem Golan · Director
- Ken Globus · Writer
- Menahem Golan · Writer
- Clarke Reynolds · Writer
- Sybil Danning · Producer
- Yoram Globus · Producer
- Menahem Golan · Producer
- Dov Seltzer · Composer
- Adam Greenberg · Cinematographer
- Dov Hoenig · Editor