Operation thunderbolt is a great movie about the israeli hostage rescue mission at entebbe aiport in uganda. Operation thunderbolt, known in israel as mivtsa yonatan. With martine mimouni arnold, akiva laxer, amos eran, ehud barak. It has been called one of the most daring rescue missions of all time. Sluggish account of the 1976 plane hijacking fails. The movie contains interviews with former hostages, including captain bacos who together with his crew refused to abandon his. The film recounts the 1976 hijacking by german leftwing extremists of a flight from tel aviv to paris and the rescue. This is the remarkable account of the successful completion of operation entebbe as lt. Operation thunderbolt is a 1977 film from israel, directed by menahem golen, produced by the cannon group it is a dramatization of the real life raid on entebbe airport in 1976, more popularly known as operation entebbe. The delta force 1986 which featured a hostage rescue operation inspired by operation entebbe. Theres one hero of entebbe who deserves his own film. Jan 24, 2016 that raid is the subject of saul davids new book, operation thunderbolt.
A week earlier, on 27 june, an air france plane with 248 passengers was hijacked, by members of the popular front for the liberation of palestine. Operation entebbe was a counterterrorist hostagerescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976. Operation defensive shield part of the second intifada israeli tanks in ramallah wikipedia. Entebbe film entebbe titled 7 days in entebbe in the u. With helmut berger, linda blair, kirk douglas, richard dreyfuss. Operation thunderbolt, the 1976 israeli commandos mission to rescue passengers from a hijacked air france flight diverted to entebbe airport, uganda, inspired three films, all.
The film recounts the 1976 hijacking by german leftwing extremists of a flight from tel aviv to paris and the rescue operation in uganda seven days later. After much debate, the israeli government sent an elite commando. Entebbe airport was the scene of a hostage situation and a rescue operation ending on 4 july 1976, when soldiers from the sayeret matkal, paratroopers brigade and golani brigade units of the israeli army freed over 100 hostages following a hijacking by a group of palestinian and german militia. Entebbekampala expressway the entebbekampala expressway, also known as the kampalaentebbe expressway or the entebbekampala highway, is a fourlane toll highway in the central. Operation entebbe, also known as operation jonathan, was an israeli hostage rescue mission. New film on operation entebbe likely to anger prime. Avi mor the navigator of three of the four planes sent to rescue the hostages in uganda describes in detail his experience in directing 103 jewish hostages to freedom. A week earlier, on 27 june, an air france airbus a300 jet airliner with 248 passengers had been hijacked by two members of the popular. Jun 26, 2017 black ops elitetruppen im einsatz operation entebbe deutsch ausgestrahlt bei kabel eins doku am 09. Entebbe is the location of entebbe international airport, ugandas largest commercial and military airport, best known for the dramatic rescue of. It was released in the united states on 16 march 2018 and in the united kingdom on 11 may 2018. Operation entebbe or operation thunderbolt was a successful counterterrorist hostage rescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976. The film is an offering of focus features and is led by a powerful pair, rosamund pike and daniel bruhl, who play two german propalestinian terrorists who instigate the kidnapping plot.
Nov 05, 2017 israeli commandos raid ugandas airport in 1976 to free hostages from palestinianterrorist hijackers. Israeli commandos raid ugandas airport in 1976 to free hostages from palestinianterrorist hijackers. A gripping thriller inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an air france flight en route from tel aviv to paris, the film depicts the most daring rescue mission ever attempted. On a lake victoria peninsula, approximately 37 kilometres 23 mi southwest of the ugandan capital, kampala, it was once the seat of government for the protectorate of uganda prior to independence, in 1962. On june 27, 1976, a mixed german palestinian terrorist group hijacks air france flight 9, en route from athens to new york after starting in tel aviv. Three quickie movies about the entebbe raid were rushed out in the late 70s.
Operation thunderbolt, by saul david the new york times. Exklusiver 7 tage in entebbe trailer deutsch german 2018. Operation entebbe, hailed as the most brilliant rescue operation in recent history israels greatest mythological raid is the mimouni familys greatest tragedy. The film starred helmut berger, linda blair, anthony hopkins, burt lancaster, elizabeth taylor, richard dreyfuss, and kirk douglas. The hijackers landed the plane at benghazi, libya and flew it from. The oscar nominated film and documentary tells the heroic reallife events of operation thunderbolt which occurred in entebbe, uganda in 1976.
Operation thunderbolt at entebbe airport in uganda. Inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an air france flight en route from tel aviv to paris, and the most daring rescue mission ever attempted. In 1976, an air france airplane carrying 250 passengers to paris from tel. In new film, jewish director challenges israeli version of. A week earlier, on 27 june, an air france plane with 248 passengers had been hijacked by two members of the popular front for the liberation of palestine external operations pflpeo under orders of wadie haddad who had. Operation entebbe was a counterterrorist hostagerescue mission carried out by the special forces of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976. Thriller uber eine flugzeugentfuhrung im jahr 1976. An air france airplane was hijacked on 27 june 1976. Idf acted on intelligence provided by israeli secret agency mossad. About the film 7 days in entebbe movie synopsis focus. Operation entebbe and the freeing of hostages at entebbe airport in entebbe, uganda, on july 4, 1976. The mission was later renamed operation jonathan in honor of yonatan netanyahu. The jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in israeli prisons. On june 27 th, an air france aircraft was hijacked by palestinian and german terrorists.
Operation entebbe simple english wikipedia, the free. Entebbe tells two stories that of the hijackers and the hostages on the ground in uganda, and also of the israeli government trying to work. The film is based on an actual event the hijacking of a flight by terrorists and the freeing of israeli hostages on. In fact, operation thunderbolt is so mediocre that it earned an academy award nomination for best foreign language film. Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport, the most audacious hostage rescue mission in history. Introduction operation entebbe was a counterterrorist hostagerescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976. The film recounts the story of operation entebbe, a 1976 counterterrorist hostagerescue operation. The entebbe rescue operation jewish virtual library. The fateful story, also told in the 1976 usmade television movies raid on entebbe and victory at entebbe, begins on june 27, 1976. This post contains spoilers for the movie 7 days in entebbe.
The portrayal of prime minister yitzhak rabin was peter finchs final performance. Operation thunderbolt film operation thunderbolt usa theatrical poster directed by menahem golan produced by wikipedia. In new film, jewish director challenges israeli version of 1976 entebbe rescue jose padilha casts yoni netanyahu in lessthanheroic light, tells story from terrorists perspective in movie. The operation was known as operation entebbe, military code name.
Daniel bruhl in 7 days in entebbe 2018 daniel bruhl and rosamund pike in 7 days in entebbe. As the deadline looms and tensions rise, an elite squadron of israeli commandos race toward entebbe in a daring and unprecedented attempt to free the hostages before its too late. Entebbe international airport entebbe international airport deutsch wikipedia. Operation entebbe was a rescue mission performed by several idf units in uganda 4,000 kilometers from israel on july 4 th 1976, for the liberation of 98 jewish and israeli hostages. Operation entebbe also known as the yonatan operation hebrew.
It is one of the weakest, yet most interesting aspects of entebbe, due to the lack of moral condemnation from the film. Peter finch and charles bronson starred in raid on entebbe. Operation thunderbolt letterboxd social film discovery. This is the fourth movie to dramatize the events of operation thunderbolt. Theres a strange focus in this film on a nobody israeli soldier whose girlfriend is a dancer and the.
Black ops elitetruppen im einsatz operation entebbe deutsch ausgestrahlt bei kabel eins doku am 09. Operation thunderbolt in the us, is a 1977 israeli film directed by menahem golan and stars klaus kinski, yehoram gaon and sybil danning. The palestinian freedom fighters wanted the release of prisoners held in israel and four other countries. It is a well made movie made in israel about the tragic events leading to and including this rescue mission in late june eraly july of 1976. With yehoram gaon, gila almagor, assi dayan, klaus kinski. A week earlier, on 27 june, an air france plane with 248 passengers was hijacked, by members of the popular front for the liberation of palestine and the. In 1976, terrorists hijack an air france airplane, and divert it to uganda, where they demand to exchange their hostages for fellow terrorists held in israeli jails. With janet almog, michel bacos, ehud barak, moshe betser. Operation entebbe or operation thunderbolt was a successful counterterrorist hostagerescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976 a week earlier, on 27 june, an air france airbus a300 jet airliner with 248 passengers had been hijacked by two members of the popular front for the liberation of palestine external. Many of the hostages were later released but 106 israelis and jews were still held.
Media in category entebbe film the following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. After much debate, the israeli government sent an elite commando unit to raid the airfield and release the hostages. Entebbe is the location of entebbe international airport, ugandas largest commercial and military airport, best known for the dramatic rescue of 100. The hijackers landed the plane at benghazi, libya and flew it from there to entebbe in uganda, where all nonjewish. 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. In july 1976, an air france flight from telaviv to paris via athens was hijacked and forced to land in entebbe, uganda. Operation entebbe was initiated by an air france highjacking at the hands of german revolutionaries, the popular front for the liberation of palestine, and ugandan forces. Entebbe in the summer of 1976, two members of the popular front for the liberation of palestine, aided by 2 members of the west german revolutionary cells. A thriller inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an air france flight en route from tel aviv to paris, the film depicts the most daring rescue mission ever attempted. Dubbed operation thunderbolt, the audacious plan requires splitsecond timing, the element of surprise, and cooperation from a neighboring country. Operation entebbe and the freeing of hostages at entebbe airport in kampala, uganda, on july 4, 1976. Eddie marsan setzt dagegen eine militarische operation in gang. Victory at entebbe is a 1976 american madefortelevision actiondrama film for broadcast on abc, directed by marvin j.
Forty years have passed and israel defense forces idf maj. Like victory at entebbe, raid on entebbe was not only made quite fast, and on a modest budget even for a madefortv endeavor, but done with a fairly sizeable cast of solid actors, and with a fair amount of fidelity to the events as most people knew them at that time the film aired on january 9, 1977, just six months after the saga concluded. Raid on entebbe is a 1977 nbc television film directed by irvin kershner. It was released in the united states on 16 march 2018 and in. Jun 25, 2016 as late as 2011, when the us military planned its operation to capture and kill osama bin laden, the man in charge was admiral william mcraven, author of a detailed study of the raid on entebbe. Experience the rescue mission that shook the world. The epic tale of operation entebbe, historys most daring. Nbc zog mit raid on entebbe einen monat spater nach. The film recounted the events and response of the israeli government and the controversy that the rescue stirred. Operation entebbe counterterrorist hostagerescue mission by the israel defense forces at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976. The story of the hijacking of air france flight af9 on 27 june 1976 from athens and the subsequent mission to rescue the hostages from the airport terminal at entebbe in uganda. Forty years later, israels operation entebbe still inspires. No country in the world would dare try such an operation, as it truly was a mission impossible, the.
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