Munich is a movie directed by Steven Spielberg in 2005 and based on the book Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team by George Jonas, first published in 1984. The movie features Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, Geoffrey Rush, and others.
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Storyline
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the Palestinian terrorist group Black September kills 11 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.
Movie vs Book
Year
2005
Minutes
164
Movie Rate
7.50
Source: IMDb
Year
1984
Pages
416
Book Rate
8.22
S: Goodreads
Book
Vengeance
Subtitle: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team
Author: George Jonas
Country: USA
First published in: 1984
Length: 416 pages
Genre: Non Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Michael Anderson
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