Operation thunderbolt is a movie based on the true story of the freeing of hostages from the entebbe airport. With yehoram gaon, gila almagor, assi dayan, klaus kinski. Ramon the mexican western movie for free english cowboy. Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport, the most audacious.
Yehoram gaon was born on december 28, 1939 in jerusalem, palestine. A scene from the movie operation thunderbolt, or mivtsa yonatan, 1977. Greatest hostage rescue operation ever in the world history israel duration. Videospace even supports older formats like vhs, betamax, video2000 or laserdisc to help you list everything in your shelf. Operation thunderbolt is a 1977 israeli film based on the real life rescue of hostages trapped at the entebbe airport in kampala, uganda on july 4, 1976. Flickr government press office gpo actorsinger arik lavi. Operation thunderbolt in the us, is a 1977 israeli film directed by menahem. The hijackers separated out all the jewish passengers and held them.
The operation thunderbolt coinoperated videogame by taito circa 1988, and its history and background, photos, repair help, manuals, for sale and wanted lists, and census survey is brought to you by the international arcade museum at the museum fo the game. The film is based on an actual event the hijacking of a flight by. This movie fits the bill although im not sure it fits the category since its 90% in english. Zameen 2003 is a bollywood movie starring ajay devgan and abhishekh. Jan 24, 2016 that raid is the subject of saul davids new book, operation thunderbolt. Operation thunderbolt doesnt come with plastic guns, but it does have fast and frantic firstperson action thatll cramp your thumbs. After much debate, the israeli government sent an elite commando unit to.
Operation thunderbolt mivtsa yonatan 1977 dvdisraeli movie. Media in category operation thunderbolt film the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport, the most audacious host ebook product description the definitive account of one of the greatest special forces missions ever, the raid of entebbe, by acclaimed military historian saul david. Operation thunderbolt is a great movie about the israeli hostage rescue mission at entebbe aiport in uganda. Staring gila almagor, yehoram gaon, assi dayan and sybil danning. Operation thunderbolt in the us, is a 1977 israeli film directed by menahem golan and stars klaus kinski, yehoram gaon and sybil danning. As in lethal enforcers, you blast away at screens full of bad guys from a firstperson perspective. If you have films on dvd, bluray, 4k uhd that you own or want to have, add them to a collection to keep track of what you have. With assaf dayan, klaus kinski, gila almagor, yehoram gaon original title operation thunderbolt. The entebbe rescue operation jewish virtual library. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Videospace, video collectors and movie buffs unite.
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Operation thunderbolt idf rescues hostages at entebbe airport. Operation entebbe military code name operation thunderbolt was a counterterrorist hostagerescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense forces idf at. Translate to english the film talks about the operation from 3 points of view. The hijackers had the stated objective to free 40 palestinian and affiliated militants. A scene from the movie operation thunderbolt, or mivtsa. Israeli commandos raid ugandas airport in 1976 to free hostages from.
With peter finch, charles bronson, yaphet kotto, martin balsam. True story of a daring israeli commando assault on the entebbe airport in uganda to free hostages of a terrorist hijacking. Just few months down the incident, american tv films victory at entebbe 1976 and raid on entebbe 1977, and the israeli film operation thunderbolt 1977 brought it all vividly to life. It is a well made movie made in israel about the tragic events leading to and including this rescue mission in late june eraly july of 1976. Operation thunderbolt, known in israel as mivtsa yonatan. Con assaf dayan, klaus kinski, gila almagor, yehoram gaon titolo originale operation thunderbolt. In july 1976, an air france flight from telaviv to paris via athens was hijacked and forced to land in entebbe, uganda. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing operation thunderbolt near you. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of operation thunderbolt with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. The jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in israeli prisons. Videospace hosts thousands of movie releases all around the world in all formats. Operation thunderbolt movie tv listings and schedule tv. Watch operation thunderbolt 1977 full movie online free.
In june of 1976, palestinian terroristts led by radical german communist guerillas hijacked an air france flight from tel aviv to paris, embarking en route in athens, and took the plane first to benghazi and then to entebbe airport in uganda, then ruled by friendly dictator idi amin. The set contains the movie with original multilingual audio and english. This israeli movie is about the hijacking of the air france flight, its redirection to entebbe, uganda, and the special operation by the elite forces of the israeli army under the command of jonathan netanyahu who was killed during the rescue of the passengers. Operation thunderbolt on dvd 7378039229 from sisu entertainment. Find where to watch operation thunderbolt and many more fulllength movies from the best streaming services online. Shop for your favorite operation thunderbolt dvd 1977 at. Browse our collection of hard to find, out of print and rare movies on dvd. Operation thunderbolt 1989ocean128kdeveloped bytaito corporationreleased1990also foramiga, amstrad cpc, arcade, atari st, commodore 64, snespublished. With janet almog, michel bacos, ehud barak, moshe betser. Zameen 2003 is a bollywood movie starring ajay devgan and abhishekh bachchan who draw a plan to rescue hostages of an indian airliner hijacked by pakistani militants on the basis of operation entebbe. It tells the compelling tale of the raid on entebbe and is an israeli production. Ntsc version temporarily unavailable israel, 1977 genre. Operation thunderbolt 1977 as halima crossed swords 1977 as mother canty meteor 1979 as girl skier battle beyond the stars 1980 as st. Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport, the most.