Operation Thunderbolt (1977)

Original title

מבצע יונתן

Directed by

Menahem Golan

Genre

drama film, action film, docudrama, thriller film

Country

Israel

Runtime

2h 04m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Based on a real 1976 hijacking, it follows the flight from takeoff through the hostage crisis at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. It shows the planning and execution of the rescue mission that freed the Israeli hostages.

tensedramaticpatrioticsuspensefulhistoricalurgentsomberrealistic

What happens

Operation Thunderbolt, known in Israel as Mivtza Yonatan (מבצע יונתן‎, literally 'Operation Jonathan'), also called Entebbe: Operation Thunderbolt in the US, is a 1977 Israeli film directed and co-written by Menahem Golan and starring Klaus Kinski, Yehoram Gaon and Sybil Danning. The film is based on an actual event – the hijacking of a flight by terrorists and the freeing of Israeli hostages on July 4, 1976 at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. The Entebbe raid was known as Operation Entebbe or Operation Thunderbolt. Operation Thunderbolt follows the events following the flight's takeoff until the hostages' return to Israel. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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