Leila Khaled Hijacker
30/11/2005
Leila Khaled was the first woman to hijack a plane. In 1969, she showed her grenades to the terrified passengers by order of the Che Guevara commando unit of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Through the ensuing media bombardment, she put the Palestinian nation on the global map. The pretty 24-year-old Leila became a hero to many Palestinians, including the Swedish/Palestinian teenager Lina Makboul, who is now a filmmaker. At least Leila dared to do something, Lina thought at the time. She visits Leila 35 years later with a camera, and finds a woman who does not regret anything.
Movie Information
Leila Khaled
as Self
Uri Bar Lev
as Self
Moshe Dayan
as Self (archive footage)
Golda Meir
as Self (archive footage)
Shimon Peres
as Self (archive footage)
Lina Makboul
as Self
Gamal Abdel Nasser
as Self (archive footage)
Yitzhak Rabin
as Self (archive footage)
Margareta Johnson
as Self - Air Hostess TWA Flight 840
Robert Schaller
as Self - Passenger TWA Flight 840
Harry Oakley
as Self - Co-Pilot TWA Flight 840
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