When four hijackers takeover an Air France jet en route from Tel Aviv to Paris on June 27, 1976, the 248 passengers aboard are unaware of the harrowing ordeal that awaits them. Forced at gunpoint to relinquish their passports, the terrified hostages comply with their captors’ demands, while discretely attempting to hide their identities.
Two of the hijackers are Palestinian members of the radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations, while the other two, Wilfried Böse (Daniel Brühl) and Brigitte Kuhlmann (Rosamund Pike), are leftist German radicals sympathetic to the Palestinian cause.
Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Lior Ashkenazi) receives word of the hijacking during a tense meeting about the country’s skyrocketing military budget. Quickly dismissing his cabinet, he and Defense Minister Shimon Peres (Eddie Marsan) debate what Israel’s response should be. Peres urges Rabin not to negotiate with the hijackers who are demanding $5 million dollars and the release of more than 50 pro-Palestinian militants imprisoned around the globe, and instead suggests a covert military solution.
The hijacked plane is diverted to Entebbe Airport in Uganda, where it is met by the country’s notorious dictator, Idi Amin (Nonso Anozie). Held captive in an abandoned transit hall under the watchful eye of additional armed hijackers, the passengers are eventually divided by nationality, with Israelis put into a separate room.
Under mounting pressure from the victims’ families, and with the threat of mass bloodshed should the hijackers ‘ demands go unmet, Rabin authorizes a daring rescue mission. Dubbed “Operation Thunderbolt,” the audacious plan requires split-second timing, the element of surprise, and cooperation from a neighboring country. As the deadline looms and tensions rise, an elite squadron of Israeli commandos race toward Entebbe in a daring and unprecedented attempt to free the hostages before it’s too late.
Official Trailer: 7 Days In Entebbe
Daniel Brühl as Wilfried Böse
Rosamund Pike as Brigitte Kuhlmann
Eddie Marsan as Shimon Peres
Ben Schnetzer as Zeev Hirsch
Lior Ashkenazi as Yitzak Rabin
Very suspenseful and wonderful acting!
The pacing of the film is perfection
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Behind the scenes: #7DaysInEntebbe // Going nowhere. Once on the ground, hostages were held inside a disused terminal at Entebbe airport in Uganda // #entebbefilm #entebbe #workingtitle #behindthescenes #bts // #repost @workingtitlefilms@7daysinentebbe
Behind the scenes: #7DaysInEntebbe // Scale models were used by our production team to figure out exactly where to put an Airbus A300 //@7daysinentebbe
Behind the scenes: #7DaysInEntebbe // Once hijacked, Flight 139 was diverted first to Benghazi in Libya for refuelling before heading to Uganda where the hostages were off loaded to a disused airport terminal // #entebbefilm #entebbe #behindthescenes #bts #wt // #repost @workingtitlefilms@7daysinentebbe
Behind the scenes: #7DaysInEntebbe // Baggage reclaim // #entebbefilm #entebbe #behindthescenes #bts #WT // #repost @workingtitlefilms@workingtitlefilms
Entebbe: Grounded. Denis Ménochet sits alongside a camera inside the cockpit of Air France flight 139 #entebbefilm #7daysinentebbe #denismenochet #behindthescenes #WT@workingtitlefilms
Behind The Scenes: Entebbe // An abandoned bar inside the Entebbe terminal set in Malta // #entebbefilm #7DaysInEntebbe #behindthescenes #WT@focusfeatures
@7daysinentebbe premiere @berlinale with #rosamundpike & #josepadilha. It was great having you guys @barravalberlin! #7daysinentebbe (@7daysinentebbe
Behind the scenes: #7DaysInEntebbe // The 248 passengers and 12 crew onboard Air France Flight 139 were in for a bumpy ride // #entebbefilm #entebbe #behindthescenes #bts // #repost @workingtitlefilms@7daysinentebbe
Behind the scenes: #7DaysInEntebbe // The route Air France Flight 139 was supposed to take on 27th June 1976 //@7daysinentebbe
Behind the scenes of #7DaysInEntebbe: Welcome to Uganda (Malta) //@7daysinentebbe
#Repost @berlinale: They treated us to exceptional performances in 7 Days in Entebbe soon after, but first it was time to shine for the press: Rosamund Pike & @thedanielbruhl