
"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.
Release Date: 9/5/2007
Runtime: 53 minutes
Languages: German
Directors: Klaus Feichtenberger, Dirk Laabs
00Companies: Prounen Film, ARTE
Countries: Germany
Gabriele Tiedemann
Self (archive footage)

Hans-Joachim Klein
Self

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez
Self
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Self - Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum

Gabriele Tiedemann
Self (archive footage)

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
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