21 Hours at Munich
1976 television film by William A. Graham
- Edward Hume
- Howard Fast
- William Holden
- Shirley Knight
- Franco Nero
- Robert Greenwald
- Frank von Zerneck
- Moonlight Productions
- Filmways Television
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
References
- ^ 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
- 21 Hours at Munich at IMDb
- 21 Hours at Munich at Rotten Tomatoes
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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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