Munich Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

The film recounts the dramatic story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate 11 Palestinians believed to have planned the 1972 Munich massacre—and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who led it. Eric Bana stars as the Mossad agent charged with leading the band of specialists brought together for this operation.

Inspired by actual events, the narrative is based on a number of sources, including the recollections of some who participated in the events themselves.

Drama Thriller Historical

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  Geoffrey Rush

  Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

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  Eric Bana

  Apex, Untamed (mini-series)

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  Daniel Craig

  Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Queer

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  Mathieu Kassovitz

  Haywire, Amélie

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  Hanns Zischler

  Amen., Taking Sides

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  Ciaran Hinds

  Is This Thing On?, Midwinter Break

Who is making Munich – Crew List

A look at Munich behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Steven Spielberg last helmed The Fabelmans and Jaws. The film's writer Eric Roth last penned Here and Killers of the Flower Moon.

Director

Steven Spielberg

Screenwriters

Eric Roth
Tony Kushner

Producers

Kathleen Kennedy
Barry Mendel
Steven Spielberg

Production – What we know about the Munich

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Key Facts

• "The attack at Munich by Black September and the Israeli response to it was a defining moment in the modern history of the Middle East," Spielberg stated. "It's easy to look back at historic events with the benefit of hindsight. What's not so easy is to try to see things as they must have looked to people at the time. Viewing Israel's response to Munich through the eyes of the men who were sent to avenge that tragedy adds a human dimension to a horrific episode that we usually think about only in political or military terms. By experiencing how the implacable resolve of these men to succeed in their mission slowly gave way to troubling doubts about what they were doing, I think we can learn something important about the tragic stand-off we find ourselves in today."

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

Changed Munich movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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