21 Hours at Munich

21 Hours at Munich
Genre	Historical drama
Based on	The Blood of Israel by Serge Groussard
Screenplay by	Edward Hume Howard Fast
Directed by	William A. Graham
Starring	William Holden Shirley Knight Franco Nero
Music by	Laurence Rosenthal
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Edward S. Feldman
Producers	Robert Greenwald Frank von Zerneck
Cinematography	Jost Vacano
Editor	Ronald J. Fagan
Running time	101 minutes
Production companies	Moonlight Productions Filmways Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	November 7, 1976 (1976-11-07)

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

References

1. Jerry Roberts (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0810861381.
2. Rick Talley (October 28, 1976). "'21 Hours' relives Munich agony". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
3. 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.
4. "21 Hours at Munich - IMDb". IMDb.

External links

• 21 Hours at Munich at IMDb
• 21 Hours at Munich at Rotten Tomatoes