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...
A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Studio: Moonlight Productions, Filmways Television
- Keyword: hotel, airport, sports, hostage, olympic games, 1970s, munich, germany, olympian village, israeli defense force, hostage negotiator, west germany, olympics, black september
- Cast: William Holden, Shirley Knight, Franco Nero, Anthony Quayle, Richard Basehart, Noel Willman