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True story of a daring Israeli commando assault on the Entebbe Airport in Uganda to free hostages of a terrorist hijacking.True story of a daring Israeli commando assault on the Entebbe Airport in Uganda to free hostages of a terrorist hijacking.True story of a daring Israeli commando assault on the Entebbe Airport in Uganda to free hostages of a terrorist hijacking.
- Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 3 wins & 8 nominations total
Horst Buchholz
- Wilfred Boese
- (as Horst Bucholz)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaAt one point, Idi Amin, Jr. wears a Glengarry, a Scottish military cap, with a red and white tartan ribbon around it. Amin had been in the King's African Rifles, and suffered considerable racism from British officers. The only one to show him any respect was a Scot. After that, Amin had an affection for Scotland, even considering himself a pretender to the Scottish throne.
- GoofsYonni Netanyahu appears as a full colonel, wearing three oak leaves on his epaulets. He was a lieutenant colonel at the time of his death. Israeli Lt Colonel insignia has two leaves.
- Quotes
Yitzhak Rabin: [realising an Air France flight is late] Have we heard anything from the French?
Gad Yaakobi: Not a word.
- Alternate versionsGerman theatrical version was cut by ca. 20 minutes to shorten running time. Only in 2013 the uncut version was released on DVD.
- ConnectionsEdited into Operation Thunderbolt: Entebbe (2000)
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While a lot of such Special Forces operations make occur worldwide, their translation into movies may themselves not be so good. Not in this movie's case. The Israeli raid on entebbe is quite unique as far as anti hijacking operations go but this movie is pretty flawless in portraying what and how it happened? Authentic weapons, equipment, aircraft and settings have all been used. The acting is excellent and even the general human reactions to the hijacking have been portrayed quite well and the reality of civilian casualties which occurred has also been included. From beginning to end, this movie never drags and is one of the best I've ever seen.
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- Also known as
- ...die keine Gnade kennen
- Filming locations
- Stockton Metropolitan Airport, Stockton, California, USA(Entebbe Airport setting)
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- Budget
- $3,500,000 (estimated)
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