21 Hours at Munich (1976)

  • NR
  • 11/07/1976 (US)
  • Drama, Thriller
  • 1h 41m

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.

William A. Graham

Director

Edward Hume

Writer

Howard Fast

Writer

Serge Groussard

Writer

Cast

William Holden's headshot

William Holden

Manfred Schreiber
Shirley Knight's headshot

Shirley Knight

Anneliese Graes
Franco Nero's headshot

Franco Nero

Issa
Anthony Quayle's headshot

Anthony Quayle

Zvi Zamir
Richard Basehart's headshot

Richard Basehart

Willy Brandt
Noel Willman's headshot

Noel Willman

Bruno Merk
Georg Marischka's headshot

Georg Marischka

Genscher
Else Quecke's headshot

Else Quecke

Golda Meir

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