Munich
2005 · Movie · R · 164 min · ★ 7.1 · 77% critics
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage by a Palestinian terrorist group and later murdered. In response, the Israeli government assembles a team of agents to track down those believed responsible and carry out retribution, setting off a tense global pursuit with growing moral strain.
Based on Vengeance
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Details
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-12-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 164 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (3,007 votes)
- Budget
- $70,000,000
About
You’ll like Munich if you want a tense, emotionally heavy thriller that questions retaliation and its fallout, like The Baader Meinhof Complex; Not for you if you want a purely cathartic action revenge story or an easy-to-watch thriller.
Pros: Tense, gripping revenge tale; Deep moral questioning; Strong central performance | Cons: Murky, heavy tone; Violence feels graphic; Some viewers find it long
Themes
- hotel room
- israel
- mossad
- assassination
- paris, france
- hostage
- olympic games
- 1970s
- intelligence
- munich, germany
- ailul al aswad
- plo terrorist group
- +5 more
Awards & recognition
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2006 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 2006 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2006 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2006 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2006 · nominated
Cast & crew
Eric Bana
as Avner
Daniel Craig
as Steve
Ciarán Hinds
as Carl
Mathieu Kassovitz
as Robert
Hanns Zischler
as Hans
Ayelet Zurer
as Daphna
Geoffrey Rush
as Ephraim
Gila Almagor
as Avner's Mother
Michael Lonsdale
as Papa
Mathieu Amalric
as Louis
Directed by Steven Spielberg