Mivtsa Yonatan

original title:
Mivtsa Yonatan
other titles:
Entebbe - Operation Thunderbolt, Operation Thunderbolt, (Unternehmen Entebbe)
country / year of production:
Israel / 1977
original length:
124 min. , color
premiere:
S: 11 July 1977
genre:
action
based on:
director:
Menahem Golan
film script:
Menahem Golan , Ken Globus
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cast (role):
Yehoram Gaon , Gila Almagor , Assi Dayan
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plot synopsis:
This action film deals with the rescue of 104 passengers of a hijacked plane in Entebbe, Uganda in 1976. On 4th of July in 1976 the Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris was hijacked and forced to land in Uganda. The hijacker's demand was to release terrorists imprisoned in Israeli prisons. To push their demand through, they separated Jewish passengers. After a time of debate the Israeli government sent a special unit to free the passengers.
keywords:
authenticity , captivity , liberation , special forces , terrorism , based on a true story
war:
"War against Terrorism"
literature:
William Stevenson. Neunzig Minuten in Entebbe. Frankfurt/M.: Ullstein, 1976.
remarks:
Was nominated for an "Oscar" in 1978.

Homepage: http://www1.idf.il/DOVER/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&id=5&docid=23016&year=3&Pos=23
availability:
DVD