Operation OPEC - Terroranschlag in Wien

Overview

"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.

Directed by Dirk Laabs, Klaus Feichtenberger

Top cast

Hans-Joachim Klein

Self

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez

Self

A

Ahmed Zaki Yamani

Self - Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum

Gabriele Tiedemann

Self (archive footage)

Sonja Suder

Self (archive footage)

E

Ernst Wallascheck

Self - Staatspolizei Wein

E

Enis al-Attar

Self - OPEC

A

Anis al-Naqqash

Self

W

Wadie Haddad

Self - PLO

B

Bassam Abu Sharif

Self - PLO

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