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September 5

September 5

7,0 /10 (584 Votes)
2024 EN 94 min

Overview

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

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Release date

07/11/2024

Votes

584

Popularity

4.1

The day terror went live.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

94 min

Revenue

$852,000

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

Roone Arledge

John Magaro

John Magaro

Geoffrey Mason

Ben Chaplin

Ben Chaplin

Marvin Bader

Leonie Benesch

Leonie Benesch

Marianne Gebhardt

Zinedine Soualem

Zinedine Soualem

Jacques Lesgards

Georgina Rich

Georgina Rich

Gladys Deist

Corey Johnson

Corey Johnson

Hank Hanson

Marcus Rutherford

Marcus Rutherford

Carter Jeffrey

Daniel Adeosun

Daniel Adeosun

Gary Slaughter

Benjamin Walker

Benjamin Walker

Peter Jennings

Ferdinand Dörfler

Ferdinand Dörfler

Hermann Jäger

Solomon Mousley

Solomon Mousley

Roone's Assistant

Caroline Ebner

Caroline Ebner

Assistant Editor Judy

Daniel Betts

Daniel Betts

Director Swim Race

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Leif Eduard Eisenberg

Camera Assistant Ben

Sebastian Jehkul

Sebastian Jehkul

Police Officer

Rony Herman

Rony Herman

David Berger

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Jeff Book

Berger's Father

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Robert Porter Templeton

Director's Assistant

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Stephen Fraser

Communicator

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Leon Dragoi

Lighting Technician

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Doris Meier

Content Assistant

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Mark Ruppel

Sound Engineer

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Christine Ulrich

Camera Control Technician

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Günther Wernhard

Content Manager

Antje Westermann

Antje Westermann

Script Assistant

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Harry Waterstone

Stage Assistant Larry

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Andreas Honold

Stage Runner JJ

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Stefan Mittermaier

VTR Tech Chuck

Miguel Abrantes Ostrowski

Miguel Abrantes Ostrowski

Hans Klein

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Kim Hanfland

Ulrike Meyfarth

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David Iselin

Mark Spitz

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Nikita Borisov

Werner Lampe

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Karolina Gabinger

Anneliese Graess

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Robert Glade

Hans-Dietrich Genscher

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Immanuel Rahman

Terrorist Issa

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Paul Böhme

Masked Man / German Athlete

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Brendan Todd

American Interviewer

Dirk Schepanek

Dirk Schepanek

ZDF Interviewer

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Saeid Yazdani

Mohamed Tarabulsi

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Matthias Schum

Jim McKay Double

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Stiev Neubert

Tuvia Sokolsky Double

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Rafael Peña

Translator Double

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Brent Marchant

2025-01-12

⭐ 6

It’s invariably disappointing when a movie you’ve been looking forward to seeing doesn’t live up to expectations. But such is the case with the latest offering from writer-director Tim Fehlbaum. This re-creation of the day when Black September terrorists took members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage at the 1972 Munich Summer Games, sadly, misses the mark on many fronts. As told from the perspective of the ABC sportscasting crew covering the story, the film comes up short in conveying the sense of urgency and immediacy associated with this human tragedy, which was broadcast live around the g…

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r96sk

r96sk

2025-02-06

⭐ 9

<em>'September 5'</em> is based upon a true story, one that I had somehow not really known about - despite being into sports, albeit not a big Olympics guy. The event in question did ring tiny bells in my head pre-watch, but oddly not as much as other Olympic events would have. As such, I didn't actually know how this story was going to play out. That was actually very beneficial, as I was moving up and down with all the dramatic and disturbing developments. This film portrays its plot tremendously, they set the perfect vibe and pace throughout. The acting is also of good quality. John M…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-02-13

⭐ 7

I worked in sports broadcasting for 30 years, including at the Olympics in Atlanta when a story of a similar nature to this one broke around the bombing in Centennial Park. Even though we’d moved on a few decades since this scenario, there are still similarities that ring true between this representation of what might have happened in the studio gallery of ABC and what happened in 1996. They are off the air and everyone is getting some rest after a long day when news begins to filter through that there have been gunshots. The programme producer Geoff Mason (John Magaro) summons help from his b…

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