Munich

About Munich

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.

Munich (2005) is a history thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg. Its themes are hostage, assassination, olympic games, and israel.

Eric Bana appears as Avner, Daniel Craig as Steve, Ciarán Hinds as Carl, and Mathieu Kassovitz as Robert. It runs 164 minutes and was released in December 2005.

The screenplay is by Eric Roth and Tony Kushner. Production companies include Alliance Atlantis, Barry Mendel Productions, and The Kennedy/Marshall Company. It streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States.

Zero Dark Thirty, September 5, and 7 Days in Entebbe make useful companions to Munich, all filed under mossad and terrorism. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 3,114 votes and it carries a R rating.