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.

"They considered every possibility - and then did the impossible !"

Credits

Marvin J. ChomskyDirector

Helmut BergerWilfried Böse

Theodore BikelYakov Shlomo

Linda BlairChana Vilnofsky

Kirk DouglasHerschel Vilnofsky