The 1972 Olympic Games, held in Munich, Germany were to be the "Olympics of Peace and Joy," forever erasing the memory of the Nazi-controlled Berlin games of 1936. But a combination of inadequate security and profound unpreparedness instead led to 21 hours of terror.

As the world looked on in disbelief, an extreme separatist group of Palestinians calling themselves "Black September" entered the sleeping quarters of the athletes from Israel, killing some of the team members and holding the rest hostage.

Directed by
Kevin MacDonald

Cast
Ankie Spitzer - Interviewee--Widow of Andre Spitzr
Michael Douglas - Narrator - Narration
Jamal Al Gashay - Interviewee--Terrorist
Gerald Seymour - Interviewee--ITN News Reporter in 1972
Alex Springer - Interviewee--Son of Jacov Springer
Gad Zabri - Interviewee--Israeli Wrestler
Shmuel Lalkin - Interviewee--Head of Israeli Olympic Delegation in 1972
Manfred Schreiber - Interviewee--Muinich Chief of Police in 1972
Walter Troger - Interviewee Mayor of Olympic Village in 1972
Ulrich K Wegener - Interviewee Hans Dietrich Genscher Aide-De-camp in 1972

Production Co.
Passion Pictures

Produced by
Lillian Birnbaum
John Battsek
Arthur Cohn

Studio
Sony Pictures Classics

Music
Alex Heffes