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Operation Thunderbolt: Entebbe

2000
Documentary/History
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Cast

Janet Almog (Self)Michel Bacos (Self)Ehud Barak (Self - Prime Minister of Israel)Muki Betser (Self)Patrick N. Van Horn (Narrator)

Director

Eyal Sher

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Synopsis

The story of the hijacking of Air France Flight AF139 on 27 June 1976 from Athens and the subsequent mission to rescue the hostages from the airport terminal at Entebbe in Uganda. The movie contains interviews with former hostages, including Captain Bacos who (together with his crew) refused to abandon his passengers as well those who planned the rescue mission and those executed it.

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