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title: 'Operation Thunderbolt (1977)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Menahem Golan'
released: '1977-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 124
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Israel'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/operation-thunderbolt-1977'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076398/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Operation Thunderbolt (1977)

1977 · 124 min · Drama, Action, Thriller · Israel

Original title: מבצע יונתן

## Synopsis

Operation Thunderbolt, known in Israel as Mivtza Yonatan, 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. 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 at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. The Entebbe raid was known as Operation Entebbe or Operation Thunderbolt. Operation Thunderbolt follows the events following the flight's takeoff until the hostages' return to Israel. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Menahem Golan](https://cinepixo.com/people/menahem-golan)
- **Screenplay:** [Menahem Golan](https://cinepixo.com/people/menahem-golan)
- **Producer:** [Menahem Golan](https://cinepixo.com/people/menahem-golan), [Yoram Globus](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoram-globus)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dov Seltzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/dov-seltzer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Adam Greenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-greenberg)
- **Editor:** [Dov Hoenig](https://cinepixo.com/people/dov-hoenig)

## Cast

- [Gila Almagor](https://cinepixo.com/people/gila-almagor)
- [Klaus Kinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-kinski) as Wilfried Böse
- [Sybil Danning](https://cinepixo.com/people/sybil-danning)
- [Yehoram Gaon](https://cinepixo.com/people/yehoram-gaon) as Jonathan Netanyahu
- [Assi Dayan](https://cinepixo.com/people/assi-dayan)
- [Uzi Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/uzi-cohen) as Idi Amin

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/operation-thunderbolt-1977
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