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21 Hours at Munich

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21 Hours at Munich

Genre	Historical drama
Based on	The Blood of Israel bySerge 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 IsraelbySerge 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[edit]

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

Cast[edit]

William Holden as Chief of Police Manfred Schreiber
Shirley KnightasAnneliese Graes
Franco NeroasIssa
Anthony Quayle as General Zvi Zamir
Richard Basehart as Chancellor Willy Brandt
Noel Willman as Interior Minister Bruno Merk
Georg MarischkaasGenscher
Else QueckeasGolda 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. SmithasGutfreund (as Paul Smith)
Güther Maria Halmer as Spitzer (as Guther Halmer)
David HessasBerger
Eric Falk as Romano (as Erik Falk)
Bernhard Melcer as Slavin
Herbert FuxasShorr
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 HusenasTony (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

References[edit]

^ Jerry Roberts (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0810861381.

^ Rick Talley (October 28, 1976). "'21 Hours' relives Munich agony". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 30 July 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

^ Bill Carter (November 5, 1976). "Munich docu-drama powerful, but why put it on opposite 'GWTW'?". The Sun. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

^ "21 Hours at Munich - IMDb". IMDb.

External links[edit]

Films directed by William Graham

The Doomsday Flight (1966)
Waterhole No. 3 (1967)
Submarine X-1 (1968)
Trial Run (1969)
Change of Habit (1969)
The Intruders (1970)
Congratulations, It's a Boy! (1971)
Honky (1971)
Cry for Me, Billy (1972)
Birds of Prey (1973)
Where the Lilies Bloom (1974)
Larry (1974)
Together Brothers (1974)
Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974)
Shark Kill (1976)
Part 2, Sounder (1976)
21 Hours at Munich (1976)
The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)
Contract on Cherry Street (1977)
Cindy (1978)
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978)
Orphan Train (1979)
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)
Harry Tracy, Desperado (1982)
Women of San Quentin (1983)
Calendar Girl Murders (1984)
Secrets of a Married Man (1984)
Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986)
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (1986)
Street of Dreams (1988)
Billy the Kid (1989)
Montana (1990)
Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
Bed of Lies (1992)
A Friend to Die For (1994)
The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996)
Dying to Belong (1997)
Sleeping with the Devil (1997)
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
Blood Crime (2002)

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