21 Hours at Munich is a 1976 American historical drama television film directed by William A. Graham and starring William Holden, Shirley Knight and Franco Nero. It is based on the 1975 non-fiction book The Blood of Israel by Serge Groussard,[1] and it deals with real events concerning the Munich massacre during the 1972 Summer Olympics.[2] It was broadcast by ABC November 7, 1976.[3] Despite its television origin, the film was released theatrically in several foreign countries. It was nominated for two Primetime Emmys.[4]
| 21 Hours at Munich | |
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| Genre | Historical drama |
| Based on | The Blood of Israel by Serge Groussard |
| Screenplay by | |
| Directed by | William A. Graham |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Laurence Rosenthal |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Edward S. Feldman |
| Producers | |
| Cinematography | Jost Vacano |
| Editor | Ronald J. Fagan |
| Running time | 101 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | November 7, 1976 |
Plot
editA dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.
Cast
edit- William Holden as Chief of Police Manfred Schreiber
- Shirley Knight as Anneliese Graes
- Franco Nero as Issa
- Anthony Quayle as General Zvi Zamir
- Richard Basehart as Chancellor Willy Brandt
- Noel Willman as Interior Minister Bruno Merk
- Georg Marischka as Genscher
- Else Quecke as Golda Meir
- Michael Degen as Mohammed Khadif
- Djamchid 'Jam' Sohaili as Touny (as Djamchid Socheili)
- Walter Kohut as Feldhaus
- Jan Niklas as Schreiber's Aide
- Ernest Lenart as Ben Horin
- Osman Raghab as Prime Minister Aziz Sedky
- James Hurley as Avery Brundage
- Franz Rudnick as Troger
- Heinz Feldhaus Brandt's Aide
- Martin Gilet as Weinberger
- Paul L. Smith as Gutfreund (as Paul Smith)
- Güther Maria Halmer as Spitzer (as Guther Halmer)
- David Hess as Berger
- Eric Falk as Romano (as Erik Falk)
- Bernhard Melcer as Slavin
- Herbert Fux as Shorr
- Eppaminodas Sodukos as Shapira (as Epamonodas Sdukos)
- Wilfried von Aacken as Springer (as Wilfried von Aacken)
- Abraham Gabison as Halfin
- Ullrich Haupt as Israeli Coach (as Ullrich Haupt)
- Dan van Husen as Tony (as Dan Van Husen)
- Achim Geisler as Abu Halla (as Joachim Geisler)
- Reto Feurer as Salah
- Julio Pinheiro as Paulo
- Franz Gunther Heider as Samir
- Sammy Kazian as Denawi
- Carmelo Ceslo as Badran
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Jerry Roberts (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0810861381.
- ^ Rick Talley (October 28, 1976). "'21 Hours' relives Munich agony". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ Bill Carter (November 5, 1976). "Munich docu-drama powerful, but why put it on opposite 'GWTW'?". The Sun. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "21 Hours at Munich - IMDb". IMDb.
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