21 Hours at Munich

"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..."

1976

1h 41m

6.2(22 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Overview

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

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Cast & Crew

36 members

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William Holden

Manfred Schreiber

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Shirley Knight

Anneliese Graes

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Franco Nero

Issa

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Anthony Quayle

Zvi Zamir

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Richard Basehart

Willy Brandt

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Noel Willman

Bruno Merk

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Georg Marischka

Genscher

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Else Quecke

Golda Meir

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Michael Degen

Mohammed Khadif

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Djamchid Soheili

Touny

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Walter Kohut

Feldhaus

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Jan Niklas

Schreiber's Aide

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Franz Rudnick

Troger

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Günther Maria Halmer

Spitzer

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Herbert Fux

Shorr

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Ullrich Haupt

Trainer

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Ernest Lenart

Ben Horin

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Osman Ragheb

Aziz Sedky

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James Hurley

Avery Brundage

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Paul L. Smith

Guttfruend

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David Hess

Berger

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Eric Falk

Romano

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Wilfried von Aacken

Springer

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Dan van Husen

Tony

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Julio Pinheiro

Paulo

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Martin Gilet

Weinberger

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Bernhard Melcer

Slavin

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Heinz Feldhaus

Brandt's Aide

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Eppaminodas Sodukos

Shapira

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Abraham Gabison

Halfin

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Ullrich Haupt

Israeli Coach

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Reto Feurer

Salah

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Sammy Kazian

Denawi

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Franz Gunther Heider

Samir

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Sound

Achim Gieseler

Abu Halla

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Carmelo Ceslo

Badran

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