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This thrill-packed fact-based action-adventure from Israel chronicles the daring rescue of 104 passengers from a hijacked plane in Entebbe, Uganda, on July 4, 1976. The film is also known as Entebbe: Operation Thunderbolt.
Original Release
01/24/1977
US Release
01/16/1978
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Yehoram Gaon | Col. Yonatan Netanyahu |
| Gila Almagor | Nurit Aviv |
| Assi Dayan | Shuki |
| Klaus Kinski | Wilfried Boese |
| Sybil Danning | Halima |
| Arik Lavie | Gen. Dan Shomron |
| Shmuel Rodensky | Family Representative / Familienoberhaupt |
| Shaike Ophir | Gadi Arnon |
| Reuven Bar-Yotam | Avraham Ben-David |
| Gabi Amrani | Gavriel, a passnger / Gavriel, a passeenger |
Directors
Writers
Ken Globus, Menahem Golan, Clarke Reynolds
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Yehoram Gaon | Col. Yonatan Netanyahu |
| Gila Almagor | Nurit Aviv |
| Assi Dayan | Shuki |
| Klaus Kinski | Wilfried Boese |
| Sybil Danning | Halima |
| Arik Lavie | Gen. Dan Shomron |
| Shmuel Rodensky | Family Representative / Familienoberhaupt |
| Shaike Ophir | Gadi Arnon |
| Reuven Bar-Yotam | Avraham Ben-David |
| Gabi Amrani | Gavriel, a passnger / Gavriel, a passeenger |
| Mark Heath | Idi Amin Dada |
| Henri Czarniak | Michel Bacos |
| Rolf Eden | Air France Co-Pilot |
| Shoshana Shani-Lavie | Alma Raviv |
| Oded Teomi | Dan Zamir |
| Shimon Bar | German Doctor |
| Ori Levy | Air Force Commander Mordechai Gur |
| Rachel Marcus | Dora Bloch |
| Yehuda Efroni | Yitzhik Bernstein |
| Yossi Graber | Ya'ackov Raviv |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Irving H. Levin | Executive Producer |
| Sybil Danning | Producer |
| Menahem Golan | Producer |
| Yoram Globus | Producer |
| Roni Ya'ackov | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1978 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |
