 Shooting on video shortened the production time, allowing the film to be ready for television less than six months after the event that inspired it.Although both telefilms "Victory at Entebbe" and "Raid on Entebbe" relied on their star-studded casts, neither were able to make much of an impact with audiences.The portrayal of the heroic Israeli military in "Victory at Entebbe", however, led to radical pro-Palestinian terrorists placing bombs in Germany and Italy, alleging that the film was Zionist propaganda.