Operation OPEC - Terroranschlag in Wien poster

Operation OPEC - Terroranschlag in Wien poster

Operation OPEC - Terroranschlag in Wien

2007 53mMovie

Documentary

"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.

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Klaus Feichtenberger

Director, Writer

Dirk Laabs

Director, Writer

Top Cast

Hans-Joachim Klein

Hans-Joachim Klein

Self

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez

Self

Ahmed Zaki Yamani

Self - Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum

Gabriele Tiedemann

Gabriele Tiedemann

Self (archive footage)

Sonja Suder

Sonja Suder

Self (archive footage)

Ernst Wallascheck

Self - Staatspolizei Wein

Enis al-Attar

Self - OPEC

Anis al-Naqqash

Self

Wadie Haddad

Self - PLO

Bassam Abu Sharif

Self - PLO