Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best International Feature Film (1978)
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Setting
Set in Uganda
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Music
Music by Dov Seltzer
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Adam Greenberg
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Ken GlobusWriter
- Menahem GolanWriter
- Original title
- מבצע יונתן
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 6, 1977
- Original language
- Hebrew
- Countries
- Israel
Cast
Yehoram GaonCol. Yonatan Netanyahu
Gila AlmagorNurit Aviv
Klaus KinskiWilfried Boese
Assi DayanShuki
Shmuel RodenskyFamilienoberhaupt
Rolf EdenAir France Co-Pilot
Sybil DanningHalima
Arik LavieGen. Dan Shomron
Shaike OphirGadi Arnon
Reuven Bar-YotamAvraham Ben-David
Gabi AmraniGavriel, a passeenger- Mark HeathIdi Amin Dada
Henri CzarniakMichel Bacos
Shoshana Shani-LavieAlma Raviv
Oded TeomiDan Zamir
Aryeh MoskonaIsraeli citizens in conference (uncredited)- Dvora KedarIsraeli citizens in conference (uncredited)
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