Operation OPEC - Terroranschlag in Wien

Operation OPEC - Terroranschlag in Wien

53 mins | Documentary | Sept. 5, 2007

"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.

Operation OPEC - Terroranschlag in Wien

53 mins | Documentary | Sept. 5, 2007

Operation OPEC - Terroranschlag in Wien
"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.
Producers ARTE, Prounen Film
Original title Operation OPEC - Terroranschlag in Wien
Directors Dirk Laabs, Klaus Feichtenberger
Writers Dirk Laabs, Klaus Feichtenberger

Cast

Ahmed Zaki Yamani

as Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum

Ernst Wallascheck

as Staatspolizei Wein

Enis al-Attar

as OPEC

Wadie Haddad

as PLO