The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1977
Operation Thunderbolt
Directed by
Menahem Golan
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.
The story
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.
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
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