Munich (2005)
Coming Out at 6 January 2006 in theaters.
Action, Drama, History
Munich is historical action thriller film, produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth. It is based on the 1984 book Vengeance by George Jonas, an account of Operation Wrath of God, the Israeli government’s secret retaliation against the Palestine Liberation Organization after the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Munich received five Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Score. The film made $130 million worldwide but just $47 million in the United States, making it one of Spielberg’s lowest-grossing films domestically. In 2017, the film was named the 16th “Best Film of the 21st Century So Far” by The New York Times.
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the Palestinian terrorist group Black September kills eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team. Avner Kaufman, a Mossad agent of German-Jewish descent, is chosen to lead a mission to assassinate 11 Palestinians allegedly involved in the massacre. At the direction of his handler Ephraim, to give the Israeli government plausible deniability, Avner resigns from Mossad and operates with no official ties to Israel. His team includes four Jewish volunteers from around the world: South African driver Steve, Belgian toy-maker and explosives expert Robert, former Israeli soldier and “cleaner” Carl, and Danish document forger Hans. They are given information by a French informant, Louis.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Tony Kushner, Eric Roth, George Jonas (book)
Stars: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Geoffrey Rush, Ayelet Zurer
| Eric Bana | … | Avner |
| Daniel Craig | … | Steve |
| Ciarán Hinds | … | Carl |
| Mathieu Kassovitz | … | Robert |
| Hanns Zischler | … | Hans |
| Ayelet Zurer | … | Daphna |
| Geoffrey Rush | … | Ephraim |
| Gila Almagor | … | Avner’s Mother |
| Michael Lonsdale | … | Papa |
| Mathieu Amalric | … | Louis |
| Moritz Bleibtreu | … | Andreas |
| Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | … | Sylvie |
| Meret Becker | … | Yvonne |
| Marie-Josée Croze | … | Jeanette the Dutch Assassin |
| Yvan Attal | … | Tony – Andreas’ Friend |
| Ami Weinberg | … | General Zamir |
| Lynn Cohen | … | Golda Meir |
| Amos Lavi | … | General Yariv |
| Moshe Ivgy | … | Mike Harari |
| Michael Warshaviak | … | Attorney General Meir Shamgar |
| Ohad Shahar | … | Minister |
| Raffi Tavor | … | Minister |
| Sharon Alexander | … | General Nadev |
| Samuel Calderon | … | General Hofi |
| Oded Teomi | … | Mossad Accountant |
| Alon Aboutboul | … | Israeli Soldier with Zamir |
| Makram Khoury | … | Wael Zwaiter |
| Igal Naor | … | Mahmoud Hamshari |
| Hiam Abbass | … | Marie Claude Hamshari |
| Mouna Soualem | … | Amina Hamshari |
| Mostefa Djadjam | … | Hussein Abad Al-Chir |
| Assi Cohen | … | Newlywed Man |
| Lisa Werlinder | … | Newlywed Bride |
| Djemel Barek | … | Zaid Muchassi |
| Dirar Suleiman | … | Abu Youssef |
| Ziad Adwan | … | Kemal Adwan |
| Bijan Daneshmand | … | Kamal Nasser |
| Rim Turkhi | … | Adwan’s Wife |
| Yonatan Rozen | … | Ehud Barak |
| Jonathan Uziel | … | Commando |
| Guy Zoaretz | … | Commando |
| Yossi Sagi-Bizawi | … | Commando |
| Liron Levo | … | Commando |
| Ohad Knoller | … | Commando |
| Charley Gilleran | … | Commando / Arab Guard |
| Lyès Salem | … | Arab Guard |
| Carim Messalti | … | Arab Guard |
| Hichem Yacoubi | … | Arab Guard |
| Omar Mostafa | … | Arab Guard |
| Mahmoud Zemmouri | … | Older Lebanese Man |
| Souad Amidou | … | Yussef’s Wife |
| Amrou Al-Kadhi | … | Yussef’s Son |
| Omar Metwally | … | Ali |
| Nasser Memarzia | … | Older Palestinian |
| Abdelhafid Metalsi | … | Palestinian in 30s |
| Karim Quayouh | … | Young Palestinian |
| Mihalis Giannatos | … | Hotel Aristides Porter |
| Faruk Pruti | … | KGB Liaison |
| Rad Lazar | … | KGB Liaison |
| Laurence Février | … | Papa’s Wife |
| Habir Yahya | … | Girl with Papa |
| Mehdi Nebbou | … | Ali Hassan Salameh |
| Hicham Nazzal | … | Salameh Guard |
| Lemir Guerfa | … | Salameh Guard |
| Hisham Suliman | … | Salameh Guard |
| Brian Goodman | … | Belligerent American |
| Richard Brake | … | Belligerent American |
| Robert John Burke | … | Belligerent American |
| Yehuda Levi | … | Tel Aviv Airport Soldier |
| Danny Zahavi | … | Tel Aviv Airport Soldier |
| Itay Barnea | … | Israeli Deputy Consul NY |
| Elyse Klaits | … | Israeli Consulate Secretary |
| Nabil Yajjou | … | Young Tarifa Guard |
| Karim Saleh | … | Issa – Luttif Afif / Mohammed Massalha |
| Merik Tadros | … | Tony ‘The Cowboy’ – Yusuf Nazzal |
| Mousa Kraish | … | Badran – Mohammed Safady |
| Karim Saidi | … | Denawi – Adnan Al-Gashey |
| Moa Khouas | … | Samir – Jamal Al-Gashey |
| David Ali Hamade | … | Paulo – Afif Ahmed Hamid |
| Ben Youcef | … | Salah – Khalid Jawad |
| Sami Samir | … | Abu Halla – Ahmed Chic Thaa |
| Guri Weinberg | … | Moshe Weinberg |
| Sam Feuer | … | Yossef Romano |
| Sabi Dorr | … | Yossef Gutfreund |
| Wojciech Machnicki | … | Tuvia Sokolovsky |
| David Feldman | … | Kehat Shorr |
| Ori Pfeffer | … | Andre Spitzer |
| Shmuel Edelman | … | Yacov Springer |
| Joseph Sokolsky | … | Amitzur Shapira |
| Lior Perel | … | David Berger |
| Ossie Beck | … | Eliezer Halfin |
| Guy Amir | … | Mark Slavin |
| Haguy Wigdor | … | Ze’ev Friedman |
| Jonathan Avigdori | … | Gad Tsabari |
| Kevin Collins | … | American Athlete |
| Daniel Bess | … | American Athlete |
| Baya Belal | … | Palestinian Woman Watching TV |
| Ula Tabari | … | Palestinian Woman Watching TV |
| Saïda Bekkouche | … | Aida Refugee Camp Woman |
| Fattouma Ousliha Bouamari | … | Aida Refugee Camp Woman |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia
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