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Operation Thunderbolt, known in Israel as Mivtsa 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.
Operation Thunderbolt: Directed by Menahem Golan. With Yehoram Gaon, Gila Almagor, Assi Dayan, Klaus Kinski. In July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda.
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- Action, Drama, History
- Menahem Golan
- 1978-01-27
- Were Jews and Non-Jews Separated by The Terrorists?
- Did A Woman Fake A Pregnancy to Get Off The plane?
- Was The Israeli Commando A Real person?
- Did The Air France Crew Choose to Stay with The Passengers?
- Were The German Terrorists Reluctant to Use Violence?
- Did Kuhlmann Leave The Compound to Phone Her boyfriend?
- Is It True That The Mission Nearly Failed?
- Did All The Hostages Who Died in The Raid Die in The compound?
Although the movie suggests that the terrorists distinguished between Jews and non-Jews, this was not strictly the case. According to David, the division was actually between the Israeli passengers and a few visibly orthodox Jews. “It’s long been trotted out that there was a deliberate policy to separate the Jews from the non-Jews, but that was fra...
In 7 Days in Entebbe, a woman played by Andrea Deck pretends to be pregnant and having a miscarriage in order to get off the plane when it is diverted to Benghazi, Libya. This series of events is true: British-born Patricia Martel, who emigrated to Israel, really did fake a pregnancy and miscarriage to get released by the hijackers. According to Da...
No, actor Ben Schnetzer’s character, an Israeli commando who feels conflicted about carrying out the potentially lethal raid, is fictional. Also invented for the story is his dancer girlfriend, whose dramatic routine is used as a slightly strange tension-building device throughout the movie. But the commando is meant to serve a purpose for audience...
In the movie, the Air France crew is given the opportunity to leave the airport compound in Entebbe and return home, but they bravely decide to stay with the mainly Israeli hostages. In reality, that wasn’t exactly how events unfolded. “The story of the crew has always been quite a controversial one,” says David. “When they were rescued and got bac...
Despite carrying out a terrorist plot, Pike’s and Brühl’s characters are portrayed in a fairly sympathetic light in 7 Days in Entebbe, and at times their reluctance to use violence to control the hostages causes tension between them and their Palestinian counterparts. It’s unclear whether the pair, particularly Brühl, really was as averse to violen...
No. At one point in the movie, Kuhlmann is seen leaving the compound and heading to the airport terminal to make a breathy phone call to her boyfriend, Gerd Schnepel. This entire scene is fictional, according to David. When he interviewed Schnepel for his book, the former terrorist told him that he did not know any details about the operation and d...
Prior to the release of David’s book, Yonatan ‘Yoni’ Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s older brother, had been perceived as the main hero of the intervention. But as the movie, and David’s book, make clear, many errors were made and the mission almost failed due to the older Netanyahu’s mistakes — particularly his decision to s...
No. What’s not shown in the movie is the tragic death of dual Israeli-British citizen Dora Bloch, the fourth victim of the event. When Bloch choked on a meat bone a day and a half before the raid, the terrorists allowed her to go to hospital in Kampala to have it removed from her throat. Bloch recovered quickly, but the minister of health in Uganda...
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Revolutionäre Zellen terrorist Wilfried Böse (Klaus Kinski) and his cohorts from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijack an Air France flight on a stopover in...
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- Menahem Golan
- PG
- Yehoram Gaon
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.
Operation Thunderbolt. OSCAR® nominee. This re-enactment of the fantastic rescue operation by Israeli Commados of hostage Jews in Entebbe is the best and most authentic of the three films that were made on the subject. IMDb 6.6 2 h 7 min 1978 PG. Action • Drama • Historical.
Operation Thunderbolt This re-enactment of the fantastic rescue operation by Israeli Commados of hostage Jews in Entebbe is the best and most authentic of the three films that were made on the subject.
