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21 Hours at Munich

At 4:09 am on September 5, 1972, eleven Olympic athletes were taken hostage by terrorists. For the next 21 hours the world held its breath...

6.3/ 1019761h 41mNR

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

Directed by William A. Graham

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William Holden

William Holden

Manfred Schreiber

Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

Anneliese Graes

Franco Nero

Franco Nero

Issa

Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

Zvi Zamir

Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart

Willy Brandt

Noel Willman

Noel Willman

Bruno Merk

Georg Marischka

Georg Marischka

Genscher

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Else Quecke

Golda Meir