Raid on Entebbe

1977 film directed by Irvin Kershner
Movie film Q2305094
Raid on Entebbe
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Summary

Raid on Entebbe is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,915 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: television film[3]
  • Director: Irvin Kershner[4]
  • Screenwriter: Barry Beckerman[5]
  • Composer: David Shire[6]
  • Genre: action film[7], thriller film[8], docudrama[9], political thriller film[10], drama film[11], historical film[12], war film[13]
  • Cast member: Peter Finch[14], Charles Bronson[15], Yaphet Kotto[16], James Woods[17], Robert Loggia[18], Horst Buchholz[19], John Saxon[20], Martin Balsam[21], Sylvia Sidney[22], Jack Warden[23], David Opatoshu[24], Eddie Constantine[25], Peter Brocco[26], Stephen Macht[27]
  • Producer: Edgar Scherick[28]
  • Production company: 20th Century Studios[29]
  • Director of photography: Bill Butler[30]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[31]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[32]
  • Original broadcaster: NBC[33]
  • Color: color[34]
  • Country of origin: United States[35]
  • Publication date: December 26, 1976[36], April 29, 1977[37], January 5, 1977[38], January 6, 1977[39], 1977[40], January 9, 1977[41]
  • Start time: January 9, 1977[42]
  • Characters: Yizhak Rabin[43], Dan Shomron[44], Idi Amin[45], Wilfried Böse[46], Benny Peled[47], Mordechai Gur[48], Dora Bloch[49], Yigal Allon[50], Shimon Peres[51], Michel Bacos[52], Menachem Begin[53]

Why It Matters

Raid on Entebbe has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . The Movie Database. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'pl', 'ru', 'sh', '
    Sitelink count → 15
    P14724 → 7818268
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 7818268, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/301969163|Raid on Entebbe (#301969163)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (f"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cast member → Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, Yaphet Kotto +35
    P14821 → 76594
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 76594, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  3. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cast member → Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, Yaphet Kotto +35
    Set in period → 1970s, 20th century, Entebbe raid
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Name of the character role: Mr. Sager, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787869423685"
  4. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1970s, 20th century, Entebbe raid
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Set in period: 1970s, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787865969299"
  5. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → film, television film
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Instance of: television film, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787712533375"
  6. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1976-12-26T00:00:00Z, +1977-04-29T00:00:00Z, +1977-01-05T00:00:00Z +3
    Start time → —
    Screenwriter → Barry Beckerman
    Does the dog die? media id → 153009
    + 40 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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