21 Hours at Munich explained

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Genre:	Historical drama
Director:	William A. Graham
Music:	Laurence Rosenthal
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Executive Producer:	Edward S. Feldman
Editor:	Ronald J. Fagan
Cinematography:	Jost Vacano
Runtime:	101 minutes
Network:	ABC

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]

Plot

A dramatization of the incident in 1972 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 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

• List of American films of 1976

Notes and References

1. Book: Jerry Roberts. Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. 2009. Scarecrow Press, 2009. 978-0810861381.
2. News: Rick Talley. '21 Hours' relives Munich agony. https://archive.today/20130104094433/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/617052192.html?dids=617052192:617052192&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+28,+1976&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc='21+Hours'+relives+Munich+agony&pqatl=google. dead. January 4, 2013. 30 July 2012. Chicago Tribune. October 28, 1976.
3. News: Bill Carter. Munich docu-drama powerful, but why put it on opposite 'GWTW'?. https://archive.today/20130131162536/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1773290262.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+05,+1976&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Munich+docu-drama+powerful,+but+why+put+it+on+opposite+'GWTW'%3F&pqatl=google. dead. January 31, 2013. 30 July 2012. The Sun. November 5, 1976.
4. Web site: 21 Hours at Munich - IMDb. .