Victory at Entebbe
They considered every possibility - and then did the impossible !
A tense, historically grounded dramatization of a daring military rescue operation that balances procedural detail with human stakes and resolves toward triumph.
The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.
Essence
Ensemble
Helmut Berger
Wilfried Böse
Theodore Bikel
Yakov Shlomo
Linda Blair
Chana Vilnofsky
Kirk Douglas
Herschel Vilnofsky
Richard Dreyfuss
Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
Stefan Gierasch
General Mordecai Gur
David Groh
Benjamin Wise
Julius Harris
President Idi Amin
Helen Hayes
Etta Grossman-Wise
Anthony Hopkins
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
Burt Lancaster
Shimon Peres
Christian Marquand
Captain Dukas
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