21 Hours at Munich (1976)

12/25/1976 (US) • 1h 41m

Drama, Thriller

At 4:09 am on September 5, 1972, eleven Olympic athletes were taken hostage by terrorists. For the next 21 hours the world held its breath...

Overview

A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.

Top Billed Cast

William Holden

Manfred Schreiber

Shirley Knight

Anneliese Graes

Richard Basehart

Willy Brandt

Noel Willman

Bruno Merk

Else Quecke

Golda Meir

Michael Degen

Mohammed Khadif


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

hotel

airport

sports

hostage

olympic games

1970s

munich, germany

olympian village

israeli defense force

hostage negotiator

west germany

olympics

black september

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