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One day in September, a Passion Pictures production ; an Arthur Cohn production ; produced by John Battsek & Arthur Cohn ; directed by Kevin MacDonald

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MPAA rating: Rated R

One day in September

videorecording

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a Passion Pictures production ; an Arthur Cohn production ; produced by John Battsek & Arthur Cohn ; directed by Kevin MacDonald

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September 5, 1972. In Munich, West Germany, it was the second week of the Summer Games; an "Olympics of serenity" which the Germans hoped would eclipse the memory of the Nazis' 1936 Berlin Olympics. On that day, however, an international television audience watched a real-life drama unfold in real time as a group of Palestinian terrorists murdered two Israeli Olympians and held nine more as hostages for 21 hours. The world became both smaller and bleaker, because the Germans managing Olympic security had no guards around the compound, no trained anti-terrorist squad, no contingency plans, not even effective communication--which eventually led to a bloody firefight at a military airport and the massacre of the hostages. Using a conventional blend of new interviews and archival film and videotape, the film brings fresh reporting to the screen

Start -- Ankie Spitzer -- Jamal Al Gashey -- 1972 Israeli Olympic Squad -- Jacov Springer -- September 5: 4:42 A.M. -- Gad Zabari -- Olympics of terror -- Manfred Schreiber -- Communique -- Hostages -- General Ulrich K. Wegener -- Magdi Gohary -- Second victim -- Wrong & selfish -- German initiative -- "The last time I saw him." -- Terrible impression -- Volunteer squad -- New demand -- Police plan -- Bus to helicopter transfer -- Esther Roth -- "We voted to abandon." -- All hell breaks loose -- Too optimistic -- Very bad news -- Aftermath

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