They considered every possibility - and then did the impossible !
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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Showing 27 of 27 loaded cast members.
as Wilfried Böse
DeceasedBorn: May 29, 1944
Died: May 18, 2023
Age at death: 78
as Yakov Shlomo
DeceasedBorn: May 2, 1924
Died: July 21, 2015
Age at death: 91
as Chana Vilnofsky
AliveBorn: January 22, 1959
Age: 67
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
as Herschel Vilnofsky
DeceasedBorn: December 9, 1916
Died: February 5, 2020
Age at death: 103
as Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
AliveBorn: October 29, 1947
Age: 78
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
as General Mordecai Gur
DeceasedBorn: February 5, 1926
Died: September 6, 2014
Age at death: 88
as Benjamin Wise
DeceasedBorn: May 21, 1939
Died: February 12, 2008
Age at death: 68
as President Idi Amin
DeceasedBorn: August 17, 1923
Died: October 17, 2004
Age at death: 81
as Etta Grossman-Wise
DeceasedBorn: October 9, 1900
Died: March 17, 1993
Age at death: 92
as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
AliveBorn: December 31, 1937
Age: 88
Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
as Shimon Peres
DeceasedBorn: November 2, 1913
Died: October 20, 1994
Age at death: 80
as Captain Dukas
DeceasedBorn: March 15, 1927
Died: November 22, 2000
Age at death: 73
as Edra Vilnofsky
DeceasedBorn: February 27, 1932
Died: March 23, 2011
Age at death: 79
as Nomi Haroun
DeceasedBorn: January 31, 1941
Died: March 24, 2021
Age at death: 80
as General Dan Shomron
DeceasedBorn: November 5, 1937
Died: June 10, 2025
Age at death: 87
as German Woman
DeceasedBorn: February 1, 1942
Died: September 7, 1996
Age at death: 54
as Aaron Olav
DeceasedBorn: January 13, 1928
Died: June 5, 2026
Age at death: 98
as Moshe Meyer
DeceasedBorn: November 9, 1929
Died: May 27, 1995
Age at death: 65
as Yaakobi
DeceasedBorn: December 8, 1925
Died: September 18, 2017
Age at death: 91
as Gamal Fahmy
DeceasedBorn: July 22, 1942
Died: May 26, 2020
Age at death: 77
as Jaif
DeceasedBorn: August 1, 1933
Died: October 17, 2019
Age at death: 86
as Belgian Woman
DeceasedBorn: October 1, 1928
Died: January 27, 2019
Age at death: 90
as French Nun
DeceasedBorn: August 6, 1925
Died: June 26, 2008
Age at death: 82
as Nun's Ward
DeceasedBorn: May 17, 1929
Died: January 6, 2003
Age at death: 73
as Claudine
AliveBorn: September 24, 1950
Age: 75
Nybro, Småland, Sweden
as Dr. Ghota
DeceasedBorn: October 7, 1943
Died: October 7, 2022
Age at death: 79
as Young Soldier
AliveBirth date not on record.
Athens, Greece