The film is based on director Amos Gitai's own experience of joining a helicopter rescue crew during the war of Kippur, and his helicopter being shot down by a Syrian missile on his 23rd birthday.
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
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By what name was Kippur (2000) officially released in Canada in English?