Movie · 1976
Victory at Entebbe
“They considered every possibility - and then did the impossible !”
Released 22 December 1976 119 min Action / Drama / History / TV Movie More from 1976 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Helen Hayes
as Etta Grossman-Wise
Burt Lancaster
as Shimon Peres
Kirk Douglas
as Herschel Vilnofsky
Julius Harris
as President Idi Amin
Theodore Bikel
as Yakov Shlomo
Stefan Gierasch
as General Mordecai Gur
Christian Marquand
as Captain Dukas
David Sheiner
as Aaron Olav
Erica Yohn
as Belgian Woman
Severn Darden
as Moshe Meyer
Elizabeth Taylor
as Edra Vilnofsky
Victor Mohica
as Jaif
Harris Yulin
as General Dan Shomron
Anthony Hopkins
as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
David Groh
as Benjamin Wise
Jessica Walter
as Nomi Haroun
Helmut Berger
as Wilfried Böse
Richard Dreyfuss
as Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
Kristina Wayborn
as Claudine
Linda Blair
as Chana Vilnofsky
Dimitri Logothetis
as Young Soldier
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The numbers
59years between the oldest and youngest billed
76Helen Hayes — oldest on the call sheet
17Linda Blair — youngest billed
44average age of the credited cast