Operation Thunderbolt (film)

Operation Thunderbolt
United States theatrical release poster
Directed by	Menahem Golan
Written by	Ken Globus Menahem Golan Clarke Reynolds
Produced by	Sybil Danning Menahem Golan Yoram Globus Rony Yakov
Starring	Klaus Kinski Yehoram Gaon Sybil Danning Assi Dayan Gila Almagor Arik Lavie Ori Levy Mark Heath
Cinematography	Adam Greenberg
Edited by	Dov Hoenig
Music by	Dov Seltzer
Release date	March 17, 1977 (1977-03-17) (Israel)
Running time	124 minutes
Country	Israel
Languages	Hebrew English Arabic German French Spanish

Operation Thunderbolt, known in Israel as Mivtsa Yonatan (מבצע יונתן‎, literally "Operation Jonathan"), 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. The operation was known as (Operation Entebbe, military code name: "Operation Thunderbolt") at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. 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.