7 Days in Entebbe

(MAN SINGING IN HEBREW OVER SPEAKERS)

(MAN CONTINUES SINGING IN HEBREW OVER SPEAKERS)

(MAN CONTINUES SINGING IN HEBREW OVER SPEAKERS)

(WOMAN SPEAKING GREEK OVER INTERCOM)

Come. Come through please.

Move! Over there!

Everybody, this is a hijack situation!

- (PASSENGERS SCREAMING) - Nobody move!

- Nobody move! - If you all stay in your seats

and do not move, no one will be harmed.

But if anybody tries anything, I will throw this grenade.

Nobody move! Everyone stay in your seat!

Don't move! I have a bomb!

Sit down!

Sit! Sit!

We've got the cabin under control.

It's four of us.

We've got weapons and bombs.

If you try anything, you will die.

Comrade 39, is the cabin secured?

- Cabin secured. - Stay in your seats,

and nobody try anything.

Everyone in here, get into the back cabin now. Move!

Take nothing with you. Move, move!

Who's the captain?

- I am. - You two, out.

I'm the flight engineer. I'm-I'm needed here.

You, up.

Move! Hurry, hurry!

- Come on. Come on! - Leave your bags. Go!

- Faster! - Come on, go!

- (WOMAN GASPS) - And you, too.

Okay, okay, okay.

Faster! Come on!

If we don't have good schools,

a good health system... if we don't invest

in our own culture, what are we fighting for?

We cannot allocate all the taxpayers' money

to your ministry, Shimon.

The defense budget is already 31% of the GDP.

A raise of ten percent in four years.

In my personal assessment,

a ten-percent increase in military spending

- is the minimum that we need. - (MURMURS OF DISSENT)

Anything less would be a dereliction of our duty.

Now, this is not about a choice, gentlemen.

This is compulsory.

This is about the survival of Israel.

As the Yom Kippur War proved, our intelligence capabilities

are also lacking.

We don't have the assets on the ground.

We need more agents.

We need to buy more influence.

The Russians have massively increased

military aid to Egypt.

Syria is also re-arming.

There are Russian military personnel

back in the Golan Heights.

It is not just tanks and airplanes.

Also, capabilities are lacking.

If we are caught off guard again,

the consequences will be catastrophic.

In my assessment, Russia...

This is compulsory.

This is about the ten percent that we need.

We cannot allocate money to health and education

when we are being driven into the sea by our enemies.

BOSE (OVER SPEAKERS) : You're required to hand over

all documents that give evidence of your identity.

Anyone who is caught holding back any papers

will be punished without mercy.

Come on, everyone, give me

your passport and I.D. card, too.

Passport. Passport.

Passport. I.D.

Come on, give me your I.D. card, too.

Okay.

Passport.

There are 239 passengers on board.

83 are Israeli.

Legally, it's a French problem.

It's their airliner and mostly their citizens.

If it's a hijack, we'll make sure

the press understands that.

I can call the editors.

It's a hijack.

They'll fly back here to challenge us.

They always do.

Amos, Prime Minister...

this is our problem.

You mean it's my problem, Shimon?

- Uh... - Sit down.

- No, excuse me, but... - Sit down.

My daughter really needs to go to the bathroom.

You?

Yeah.

You need to go?

Hurry up.

- I need to go, too. - You can stay sitting down.

Miss...

Your blouse is open.

Don't try and break the undercarriage.

If you do, we'll die together.

Don't worry. I'll do a kiss landing.

Reverse.

Check.

Good, Captain.

Why is this taking so long?

Unless you tell me where we're going,

I'm going to need five or six of these.

Okay.

Get back inside the plane.

If you want to fly on and if you want to be safe,

I-I need to do my pre-flight checks.

I need to check the wheels, the brakes and the engine.

You should be taking care of those people inside.

They've been on this plane five hours now.

They need food and drinks.

You will run.

You have my word, I won't.

And you don't want to be holding that

next to a fuel truck.

Are you a member of Baader-Meinhof?

Fill up the plane, engineer.

Do your job.

Jaber.

- Brigitte, Juan Pablo. - Hello.

Hijacking a plane?

That is a serious step.

What's in it for us?

Let's just see what Jaber has to say.

Sit.

Your movement is under pressure.

Your support is fading.

Many of your colleagues are in jail.

An action like this can inspire a new generation to follow you.

The PFLP will call for the release

of 50 Palestinian prisoners.

We could also demand the release of some of our friends.

If we do this, we can demand anything we want.

We can demand that Ulrike Meinhof is on the list?

They will never release Ulrike.

Like I said,

if we do this right,

they have to do whatever we want.

- Aim! - (GUNS COCK)

Fire!

Bose!

We need to talk.

Ulrike Meinhof is dead.

She killed herself.

Your movement is dying.

She cut her hair.

No, she quit.

And that poses a problem.

Which problem?

His father and his mother.

His sister and his wife, and their children.

They were all in a camp in Lebanon.

The Israelis raided it.

Killed people, dynamited the houses.

They tried to escape.

They were in a car. An Israeli tank drove over it.

All of them died.

That's how I know that he's committed.

How do I know that you're committed

now your comrades are dead?

She would never hang herself.

She was murdered by the state.

And if we return to Germany, we will be murdered, too.

It's all the more important that we continue.

- For Ulrike. - And for your family.

At the airport, Jaber will be in command.

I will stay in Kampala and liaise with President Amin.

Ugandans will control the perimeter

of the airfield and the building.

You will all stay inside.

You must be careful in these situations.

You must keep your distance from the passengers.

Emotional attachment can be really dangerous.

Particularly for women.

I am a revolutionary.

Would you like some water?

- Would you like some water? - Would you like some water?

Would you like some water for the kids?

Would you like some water?

I don't feel well.

What do you need?

I-I'm pregnant.