Munich (2005)

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Running Time: 157 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 2005

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Before the eyes of the world, 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics are kidnapped and killed. "Forget peace for now," says Prime Minister Golda Meir. The Israelis send Mossad agents, led by Avner (Eric Bana), to track down and assassinate everyone linked to the attack by Palestinian terrorist organisation Black September. It is retribution on a grand scale.

Director Steven Spielberg was criticised by both sides of the Gaza Strip for this heavyweight film. Munich has been called an attack on Palestinians and, conversely, Spielberg has been rebuked as "no friend of Israel". Whatever the verdict, it's clear that this examination of acts of terrorism, reprisal and revenge was never going to be the final word. As one of the characters says: "There is no peace at the end of this."

Preview courtesy of Sky

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Cast

	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