September 5th Munich Massacre.

Here’s a link

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_5_(film)

I didn’t know there was a film of that massacre, I certainly remember it, I was geared up for the Olympics , the Israeli team, poor athletes

Oh yes, Sago. This has been advertised on TV but not much talk about it really. Could be due to many reasons I guess.

It is definitely a must see for me but sadly we'll have to wait until it's on Sky or wherever. I am pretty much house bound now and the cinema is out of my reach.

I remember it very well indeed. I was 11 at the time, always interested in the news and read all about it.

My daughter and son in law are off to see it tonight.

We’re off to see it on Wednesday but of course remember the actual event very well and the shock that it could happen in Germany barely a generation after the war and creation of the state of Israel in 1947.

It was carried out by Black September, a Palestinian terrorist
group . It shocked the world , violence at the Olympics

My OH was in Munich at the Olympics as a student when this occurred. He remembers the event that he was attending was stopped very suddenly and all the spectators were cleared from the venue. No information given. His student group left the day after when they were told what had happened.

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They were all very shocked and subdued on the way back home, and he has never forgotten it.

I do remember it but was still at school and everyone I knew was upset but I was shielded from it.Later on when an adult I did see the footage, just terrible.

I remember the Spielberg film - Munich , it was really gripping at the time and the efficiency of Mossad against the terrorists really opened my eyes.

I am now older and hate all the violence in the world today so I am not sure I will be able to face the new film.

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I remember the Spielberg film - Munich , it was really gripping at the time and the efficiency of Mossad against the terrorists really opened my eyes.

I am now older and hate all the violence in the world today so I am not sure I will be able to face the new film.

There is no violence in the film, it’s about the ABC team and how they adapted from covering a sporting event to dealing with a live hostage situation.

It’s a must see for us, as DH was working in the kitchens at the Munich Olympics (he was a student at the time). As it happens I saw more of the events as they unfolded on our TV at home than he did on the spot.

Last week the film was just being shown once a day in the evening at our local Vue, and that’s been upped to four screenings a day this week, so it must be doing well. We’re off to see it tomorrow.

I had stayed in Munich the previous night and we heard about the events as we drove out of Munich. I shall watch the film with interest, I've been back to Munich to work and visit several times since and been round the Olympic Village. Munich has always been one of my favourite places.

I saw the trailer when we went to see A Complete Unknown, I thought it looked very good, I'd like to see it. I remember the Speilberg film Munich also good, very tense, as of course was the situation.

Excellent. I saw it this afternoon at the cinema, and had to sit for a few minutes afterwards in my reclining seat to collect my thoughts.
To think, that this is now relegated to History, and to consider how much the world has moved on in terms of the live broadcasting of terrorist attacks. And how technology has also changed everything in the world of communication. The ABC team switched from reporting on a sporting event to covering a hostage situation unfolding before the world's eyes. It said at the end that 900 million were watching. And this in post-war Germany of all places.
The film was made with sensitivity. I would recommend it. No violence, most of the action was just from what the team could hear over the airwaves and from their film tapes.

There have been numerous film and television treatments of the Munich attack. One of the best-known is Kevin Macdonald's Oscar-winning 1999 documentary One Day in September, which takes issue with what they see as the negligence and incompetence of the German authorities. Another is Steven Spielberg's drama Munich (2005)
I take it this is another film?

It's not exactly about the attack as such, but the coverage of it by ABC. The drama takes place inside their studios in Munich and focuses on the tv team and the decisions they have to make. Lots of ethical questions and different perspectives make it an interesting study of how people interact in the workplace, especially in the media where ratings count.