At the 1972 Munich Olympics , the Palestinian terrorist group Black September kills eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team . Avner Kaufman , a Mossad agent of German-Jewish descent , is chosen to lead a mission to assassinate 11 Palestinians allegedly involved in the massacre . At the direction of his handler Ephraim , to give the Israeli government plausible deniability , Avner resigns from Mossad and operates with no official ties to Israel . His team includes four Jewish volunteers from around the world : South African driver Steve , Belgian toy-maker and explosives expert Robert , former Israeli soldier and " cleaner " Carl , and Danish document forger Hans . They are given information by a French informant , Louis
1972 Munich Olympics
Munich massacre
Munich (film)