Michael Douglas, Ankie Spitzer, Jamal Al Gashay
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 securi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 24, 2001
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February 16, 2009Hmmm....where to begin? There's the German government who was eager to erase the horrible legacy of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which Hitler used primarily as a tool for propaganda, and decided to provide relaxed security in the form of weaponless guards sporting gaudy baby blue b...( read more)
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February 21, 2008Excellent, sobering documentary on the Munich Olympics massacre. Watch this alone or with the movie "Without Limits".
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August 27, 2007A close look at the events of the 1972 Olympic Games terrorist attack on Israeli sportsmen and the complete failure of local authorities and the media. Consisting of interviews, original footage, music collages and computer dramatizations the movie draws a realistic picture of th...( read more)
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March 3, 2007Compelling, tragic documentary. How they arranged to interview one of the actual terrorists is amazing and scary. Tough viewing at the end. A must see if you liked Spielberg's Munich.
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October 22, 2009Makes you want to go out and kill terrorists. Doesn't make you feel for the poor old Palestinians. Makes you feel for the Israeli athletes who were seneslessly murdered by the same type of fanatics as the bastards who masterminded 9-11. Get over the Israeli War people. You got yo...( read more)
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July 4, 2009Gripping crystallisation of the events surrounding the tragedy that was the '72 Munich Olympics. Strongly recommended.
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April 16, 2009The Olympic games are suppose to be an event which unites the world, where we can forget about all the turmoil and enjoy the sport. But in 1972, the Munich games were the unfortunate host to a tragic terrorist/hostage incident. This documentary is a shocking eyeopener as to what ...( read more)
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March 14, 2008A great documentation of the events of the '72 olympics. It goes into the minds of the people who had been invovled in all the events, which causes an emotional bond to the film. Very good!
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December 5, 2007Graphic portrayal of the hostage-taking of Israeli athletes by Palestinians during the '72 Munich Olympics. Very good storytelling, and very disturbing.
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