21 Hours at Munich (1976) (TV)

Note Générale:

6,3/10   

Réalisateur:

William A. Graham

Scénaristes:

Serge Groussard (book)
Howard Fast (screenplay) ...

Date de sortie:

7 novembre 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Histoire | Sport | Thriller

Intrigue:

A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes. |

Plot Keywords:

Olympics | Munich Olympics | Munich Germany | Terrorism | Based On Book

Récompenses:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Wordy, but believable

Ensemble

William Holden	...	Chief of Police Manfred Schreiber
Shirley Knight	...	Annaliese Graese
Franco Nero	...	Issa
Richard Basehart	...	Chancellor Willy Brandt
Anthony Quayle	...	General Zvi Zamir
Noel Willman	...	Interior Minister Bruno Merk
Georg Marischka	...	Hans Dietrich Genscher
Paul L. Smith	...	Israeli Gutfreund (as Paul Smith)
Martin Gilat	...	Moshe Weinberger
Else Quecke	...	Golda Meir
Michael Degen	...	Mohammed Khadif
James Hurley	...	Avery Brundage
Günther Maria Halmer	...	Andrei Spitzer (as Gunther Halmer)
Djamchid 'Jim' Soheili	...	Touny (as Djamchio Soheili)
Walter Kohut	...	Feldhaus

Autre(s) titre(s):

Twenty-One Hours at Munich (USA) (alternative spelling)

Durée:

101 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,33 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

UK:AA | Germany:16 | UK:15 (re-rating) (1987) | Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15

Lieux de tournage:

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Société:

Filmways Pictures

Connexions:

version de Munich (2005)

Bande son:

Osse Shalom

Wordy, but believable

A semi-documentary movie about the terrorist attack on the Israeli team at the Olympic Games at Munich 1972.

In opposite to later adaptations of the same historical event, "21 Hours at Munich" was shot on the original locations. However, it is a little bit less of a documentary than it seems at first, it does take a bit of creative freedom in the narration. Which has been criticized by some reviewers, but makes it a better movie after all. Excellent performances by William Holden as the police chief and Franco Nero as the terrorist leader, whose motivation is explained remarkably well. He is not just the one-dimensional Hollywood villain firing bullets in all directions. That was important to make the film believable, as well as the discussions between the politicians. Even it makes the movie quite wordy, the reasons why and when and how the police fights the terrorists are explained well. "21 Hours at Munich" is a movie you should watch, first for the tragic history that hopefully will never be repeated, second for its solid story telling and acting which is above the genre average.