During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.
Direction
Spielberg at his most formally restrained and ethically fearless
Cinematography
Kaminski's grainy, anxious seventies palette
Editing
The parallel sex/violence sequence is devastating
Director
Steven Spielberg
Eric Bana
Avner
Daniel Craig
Steve
Ciarán Hinds
Carl
Mathieu Kassovitz
Robert
Hanns Zischler
Hans
Ayelet Zurer
Daphna
Geoffrey Rush
Ephraim
Gila Almagor
Avner's Mother
Michael Lonsdale
Papa
Mathieu Amalric
Louis
Moritz Bleibtreu
Andreas
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Sylvie
Meret Becker
Yvonne
Marie-Josée Croze
Jeanette the Dutch Assassin
Yvan Attal
Tony
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Spielberg postponed this twice, terrified of being seen as taking sides; he and Kushner reportedly fought over the ending's ambiguity.
The telephone assassination sequence was shot in a real Malta hotel with functioning period phones—Bana's trembling hands were genuine cold, not acting.
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