Victory at Entebbe (1976)

Directed by

Marvin J. Chomsky

Genre

drama film, action film, thriller film, historical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of Israeli passengers are taken hostage by hijackers at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. The Israeli military plans a dangerous rescue mission to free them.

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What happens

Victory at Entebbe is a 1976 American made-for-television action-drama film for broadcast on ABC, directed by Marvin J. Chomsky. The film starred Helmut Berger, Linda Blair, Anthony Hopkins, Burt Lancaster, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Dreyfuss, and Kirk Douglas. Julius Harris portrayed Idi Amin, following the fatal heart attack suffered by the actor originally cast in the role, Godfrey Cambridge. The film was theatrically released in Europe. Victory at Entebbe is based on the actual event Operation Entebbe, the raid on Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda and the freeing of Israeli hostages on July 4, 1976. It was the first of three films made in the 1970s based on the Entebbe Raid. The other two, Raid on Entebbe (1977) and Operation Thunderbolt (1977, Israel) soon followed. A fourth film, Entebbe (titled 7 Days in Entebbe in the U.S.) was released over four decades later in 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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