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.

Top Cast

Helmut BergerWilfried Böse

Theodore BikelYakov Shlomo

Linda BlairChana Vilnofsky

Kirk DouglasHerschel Vilnofsky

Richard DreyfussColonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu

Stefan GieraschGeneral Mordecai Gur

David GrohBenjamin Wise

Julius HarrisPresident Idi Amin