Again, greetings from the dark
Synopsis
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, an American sports broadcasting crew must adjust to live coverage of Israeli athletes being held hostage by a terrorist group. The year 1972 is remembered for a few highlights. Swimmer Mark Spitz set seven world records en route to seven gold medals. Belarusian gymnast Olga Korbut won three gold medals (albeit not in the all-around). The United States and Russia played one of the strangest and most controversial games in Olympic history. And most of all, the 1972 Munich Olympics are remembered for the tragedy surrounding the taking of 10 members of the Israeli team hostage by a masked Palestinian militant group.
ABC television production team
Writer-director Tim Fehlbaum and co-writers Moritz Binder and Alex David recreate the events from the perspective of. Historically, these were the first Olympics to receive widespread and comprehensive live television coverage. They were also the first Olympics to be held in Germany since 1936 (the Jesse Owens Games). These games took place just 27 years after the end of World War II. A quick calculation tells us that 27 years after this film was released was 1997, the year Princess Diana died. To put it bluntly, the physical and emotional wounds had not fully healed and Germany was struggling to forget the past.
ORIGINS, 2014) choosing to film everything inside the ABC control room
The man directing the Olympic coverage is ABC’s renowned sports producer Roone Arledge (played here by Peter Sarsgaard). Rookie broadcast producer Geoffrey Mason (John Magaro, PAST LIVES, 2023) is hired to handle the “off hours” while Arledge rests. Mason’s background includes covering minor league baseball, so this is his first chance at a big role. His supervisor, Marvin Bader (played by Ben Chaplin, THE RED LINE, 1998) has faith in his young protégé, but things quickly go awry when gunshots ring out. The genius of the film comes from director Fehlbaum and cinematographer Marcus Forderer (I. This heightens the claustrophobia and pressure as the crew grapples with how best to handle this developing and obviously historic moment.
Anchor Jim McKay is seen in archival footage, while reporter Peter Jennings is on the ground
It’s no longer swimming and sprinting, but now it’s ABC Sports versus ABC News… and since possession is the proverbial 9/10 of the law, Arledge fights to keep the story with his crew nearby. Translator Marianne Gebhardt (Leonie Benesch, who was great in THE TEACHER’S LOUNGE, 2023) is the only one who speaks German and she plays a vital role in her reporting on what’s being broadcast on the local radio. It’s hard to convey just how tense this film is for both the TV crew and the viewers. Ten members of the Israeli Olympic team have been taken hostage inside the Olympic Village by the masked Palestinian militant group Black September. We know how the story unfolded in those hours and it’s chilling to revisit it from that perspective. Geopolitical aspects are hinted at (Bader was Jewish), but that’s not what this is about.
select theaters on December 13, 2024, and all on January 10, 2025
Journalism may be heavily criticized these days, but it’s historical moments like this where we depend on skilled, trained professionals to tell (and show) the stories the world needs to know. The haunting archival footage used here adds to the almost documentary feel.
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