7 Days In Entebbe Cast and Crew | Focus Features

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. 

Wilfried Böse - Daniel Brühl

Brigitte Kuhlmann - Rosamund Pike

Shimon Peres - Eddie Marsan

Zeev Hirsch - Ben Schnetzer

Yitzak Rabin - Lior Ashkenazi

Director - José Padilha

Writer - Gregory Burke

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DANIEL BRÜHL
ROSAMUND PIKE
EDDIE MARSAN
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LIOR ASHKENAZI
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Official Trailer: 7 Days In Entebbe

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Daniel Brühl as Wilfried Böse

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Rosamund Pike as Brigitte Kuhlmann

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Eddie Marsan as Shimon Peres

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Ben Schnetzer as Zeev Hirsch

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Lior Ashkenazi as Yitzak Rabin

Very suspenseful and wonderful acting!

Andrea Boehlke
People NOW

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
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Behind the scenes: #7DaysInEntebbe // Scale models were used by our production team to figure out exactly where to put an Airbus A300 // 📷 @jonnyruff // #entebbefilm #entebbe #behindthescenes #bts #WT // #repost @workingtitlefilms
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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
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Behind the scenes: #7DaysInEntebbe // Baggage reclaim // #entebbefilm #entebbe #behindthescenes #bts #WT // #repost @workingtitlefilms
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Entebbe: Grounded. Denis Ménochet sits alongside a camera inside the cockpit of Air France flight 139 #entebbefilm #7daysinentebbe #denismenochet #behindthescenes #WT
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Behind The Scenes: Entebbe // An abandoned bar inside the Entebbe terminal set in Malta // #entebbefilm #7DaysInEntebbe #behindthescenes #WT
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@7daysinentebbe premiere @berlinale with #rosamundpike & #josepadilha. It was great having you guys @barravalberlin! #7daysinentebbe (🔁: @thedanielbruhl)
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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
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Behind the scenes: #7DaysInEntebbe // The route Air France Flight 139 was supposed to take on 27th June 1976 // 📷 @jonnyruff // #entebbefilm #entebbe #behindthescenes #bts #WT
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Behind the scenes of #7DaysInEntebbe: Welcome to Uganda (Malta) // 📷 @jonnyruff // #entebbefilm #entebbe #behindthescenes #bts // #repost @workingtitlefilms
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#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 👋🏼📸: Alex Janetzko