21 Hours at Munich
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by Serge Groussard
| 21 Hours at Munich | |
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| Genre | Historical drama |
| Based on | The Blood of Israel by Serge Groussard |
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| Directed by | William A. Graham |
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| 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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| Network | ABC |
| Release | November 7, 1976 |
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 Outstanding Television Movie and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Television Movie at the 29th Primetime Emmys.[4]
A dramatization of the incident at the 1972 Summer Olympics when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.
Cast
- William Holden as Chief of Police Manfred Schreiber
- Shirley Knight as Anneliese Graes
- Franco Nero as Lutif "Issa" Afif
- Anthony Quayle as General Zvi Zamir
- Richard Basehart as Chancellor Willy Brandt
- Noel Willman as Interior Minister Bruno Merk
- Georg Marischka as Hans-Dietrich Genscher
- Else Quecke as Golda Meir
- Michael Degen as Mohammed Khadif
- Djamchid Socheili as Touny
- 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 as Brandt's Aide
- Martin Gilet as Moshe Weinberger
- Paul L. Smith as Yossef Gutfreund
- Güther Halmer as Andre Spitzer
- David Hess as David Berger
- Erik Falk as Yossef Romano
- Bernhard Melcer as Mark Slavin
- Herbert Fux as Kehat Shorr
- Epamonodas Sdukos as Amitzur Shapira
- Wilfried von Aacken as Yakov Springer
- Abraham Gabison as Eliezer Halfin
- Ullrich Haupt as Israeli Coach
- Dan van Husen as Tony Nazzal
- Achim Geisler as Abu Halla
- Reto Feurer as Khalid "Salah" Jawad
- Julio Pinheiro as Afif Ahmed "Paulo" Hamid
- Franz Gunther Heider as Samir
- Sammy Kazian as Denawi
- Carmelo Ceslo as Badran
