September 5

About September 5

During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.

September 5 is a 2024 history thriller film directed by Tim Fehlbaum. It runs 94 minutes and was released in November 2024.

The film is filed under journalism, olympic games, moral dilemma, and hostage situation. The story is adapted from real events.

Peter Sarsgaard takes the lead as Roone Arledge, John Magaro as Geoffrey Mason, Ben Chaplin as Marvin Bader, and Leonie Benesch as Marianne Gebhardt. The screenplay is by Moritz Binder and Tim Fehlbaum. Produced by BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV.

Munich, The Post, and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot make useful companions to September 5, all filed under 1970s and terrorism. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 614 votes and it carries a R rating.