Victory at Entebbe (1976, TV, dvd)

Synopsis: In June 1976, Palestinian and German terrorists hijacked an Air France airbus and flew to Idi Amin's Uganda. After six days, an Israeli commando unit stormed the airport at Entebbe, and freed all but one of the hostages, Dora Bloch, who was later murdered in retribution. Within five months two lousy movies had been made of this extraordinary event — Raid on Entebbe and this one, both made for American TV, but released in cinemas elsewhere.

Cutting between the commando unit, the Israeli government and the situation in Uganda, the movie reduces everything to the level of a daytime soap opera, but with an all-star cast. Burt Lancaster plays Shimon Peres, Anthony Hopkins is Yitzhak Rabin, Helen Hayes and Linda Blair are hostages, while Elizabeth Taylor and Kirk Douglas play worried parents back home.

Cast: Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster
Runtime: 118 min