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One Day in September

1999 · 94 min · Director: Kevin Macdonald ★ IMDb 7.8 · 6,780 ratings

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The 1972 Munich Olympics were interrupted by Palestinian terrorists taking Israeli athletes hostage. Besides footage taken at the time, we see interviews with the surviving terrorist, Jamal Al Gashey, and various officials detailing exactly how the police, lacking an anti-terrorist squad and turning down help from the Israelis, botched the operation.

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Emotional fingerprint

One Day in September (1999) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Sadness 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Sadness, Anxiety. Genres: History, Documentary, Sport. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Sadness and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Sadness
Empathy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then rises around 18 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 2′Empathy57 %42 %38 %50 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension50 %36 %26 %40 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Empathy51 %30 %24 %41 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Empathy63 %40 %28 %51 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Tension77 %66 %30 %55 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Tension83 %80 %35 %55 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Tension83 %75 %48 %61 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Sadness81 %66 %60 %70 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Empathy76 %65 %50 %65 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Tension76 %70 %41 %61 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Empathy83 %78 %43 %63 %
57.5 %≈ 54′Tension85 %81 %31 %50 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Tension80 %77 %30 %48 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Tension83 %79 %43 %60 %
72.5 %≈ 68′Tension89 %86 %45 %63 %
77.5 %≈ 73′Tension94 %90 %55 %66 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Sadness94 %74 %77 %74 %
87.5 %≈ 82′Sadness89 %41 %84 %73 %
92.5 %≈ 87′Sadness88 %23 %80 %72 %
97.5 %≈ 92′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

AS
Ankie Spitzer

JA
Jamal Al Gashey

GS
Gerald Seymour

Self

AS
Axel Springer

Self (archive footage)

GZ
Gad Zahari

Self

SL
Shmuel Lalkin

Self

MS
Manfred Schreiber

Self

WT
Walter Troger

Self

UK
Ulrich K. Wegener

Self

HG
Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Self

MG
Magdi Gahary

Self

ZZ
Zvi Zamir

Self

DS
Dan Shillon

Self

SR
Schlomit Romajo

Self

Details

Directed by
Kevin Macdonald
Type
Movies
Released
1999
Runtime
94 min
Country
Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.8 · 6,780 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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