Operation Thunderbolt

IMDb link: 0076398
IMDb rating: 6.5 (1,159 votes)
Genres: Action, Drama, History
Director: Klaus Kinski, Menahem Golan, Assi Dayan
Cast: Gila Almagor, Yehoram Gaon and others

Release date: 27 Jan 1978
Release year: 1978
Runtime: 124 minutes
Country: Israel
Keywords: hostage, airplane hijack, german terrorist, german abroad, commando unit, airliner, airfield, operation thunderbolt, idf, popular front for the liberation of palestine

Plot:

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. This movie is based on the true facts and follows the events since the flight's take-off and until the hostages' return to Israel.

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