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September 5 (2025)

Movie
Audience Score
57
Review Score
95
September 5
R 1 hr 35 minJan 17th, 2025Thriller, History, Drama
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American broadcasting team is thrust from covering sports to reporting a dramatic hostage situation involving Israeli athletes. A young producer, unexpectedly leading the live broadcast, faces difficult decisions as time runs out, rumors spread, and the hostages' lives hang in the balance.
StarringPeter SarsgaardJohn MagaroBen Chaplin
DirectorTim Fehlbaum
WritersTim FehlbaumMoritz Binder

September 5 Review

Riveting ‘September 5’ Captures a Harrowing Moment in History. The utterly gripping docudrama ‘September 5’ recreates how ABC Sports covered a heinous, world-changing act of terrorism at the 1972 Summer Olympics. We take the idea of “breaking news” almost for granted now; the slogan is overused to the point that it’s almost laughable when a cable news network flashes “breaking news” on its chyron every time a politician drops a fork or ties their shoe.

Yet “breaking news” wasn’t nearly as ubiquitous in 1972 as it is now, and ‘September 5’ recounts the tragic, tense story of how a terrorist act at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich changed not just the world, but broadcast journalism itself.

September 5 Showtimes on January 17th, 2025

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 17th, 2025 - Buy Tickets
Movie Box Office Gross:$125,930 (Worldwide)
Original Language:German
Executive Producers:Martin Moszkowicz, Christoph Müller
Production Companies:BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion, Projected Picture Works, Constantin Film, Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion
Movie Tags:
based on true story1970sterrorismpalestinian-israeli conflictmunich, germanyhostage situationmoral dilemmaolympicstelevision broadcast