Operation OPEC - Terroranschlag in Wien

Dirk Laabs
2007-09-05


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53 min

"Operation OPEC - Terror Attack in Vienna" - On December 21, 1975, six terrorists including the Germans Gabriele Tiedemann and Hans-Joachim Klein, led by Venezuelan top terrorist Carlos, attack the participants of the OPEC conference in Vienna and take eleven oil ministers and dozens of employees hostage. The action kills three people. The lavishly researched film reveals the background of the spectacular attack and establishes connections. The investigators, former hostages and some of the terrorists involved are heard.

Cast

Name Character Team
Hans-Joachim Klein Self Unowned
Ilich Ramírez Sánchez Self Unowned
Ahmed Zaki Yamani Self - Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum Unowned
Gabriele Tiedemann Self (archive footage) Unowned
Sonja Suder Self (archive footage) Unowned
Ernst Wallascheck Self - Staatspolizei Wein Unowned
Enis al-Attar Self - OPEC Unowned
Anis al-Naqqash Self Unowned
Wadie Haddad Self - PLO Unowned
Bassam Abu Sharif Self - PLO Unowned