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1999 Certificate 12
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One Day In September is the incredible, shocking story about the brutal massacre of Israeli athletes by a team of extremist Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics. Finally, the unbelievable truth is revealed: how eight terrorists easily snuck into the Olympic Village and took 11 innocent athletes hostage, the .. Read more

Starring Michael Douglas
Director Kevin Macdonald
Genres Documentary

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One Day In September

One Day In September is the incredible, shocking story about the brutal massacre of Israeli athletes by a team of extremist Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics. Finally, the unbelievable truth is revealed: how eight terrorists easily snuck into the Olympic Village and took 11 innocent athletes hostage, the tension-filled negotiations that followed and the shocking conclusion at a German airport that stunned the world. Featuring the frightening perspective of the only surviving terrorist and revelatory facts about what really happened on that dark night.

Starring Michael Douglas
Director Kevin Macdonald
Studio LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 34 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Documentary
Language DVD: English
Released Production year: 1999

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    • A worthy winner of an Oscar for Best Documentary, this dynamic, polemical account of the Black December terrorist... read more on Time Out

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      BLACK SEPTEMBER

      THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide

      If your a fan of the excellent movie Munich, than you should watch this as a kind of prequel. Where Munich deals with M.O.S.A.D's response to the 1972 ... read more »

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      One Day In September is the incredible, shocking story about the brutal massacre of Israeli athletes by a team of extremist Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics. Finally, the unbelievable truth is revealed: how eight terrorists easily snuck into the Olympic Village and took 11 ...