{"id":28259,"date":"2025-01-13T23:08:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T04:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=28259"},"modified":"2025-01-13T23:08:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T04:08:50","slug":"september-5-actors-leonie-benesch-ben-chaplin-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=28259","title":{"rendered":"\u2018September 5\u2019 Actors Leonie Benesch and Ben Chaplin on the Historic Drama (Video Interviews)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paramount Pictures\u2019 drama <\/span>September 5<\/i><\/b>, co-written and directed by <\/span>Swiss filmmaker Tim Fehlbaum<\/span><\/a>, takes a detailed look at the events of September 5, 1972, when the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany were disrupted by a terrorist action as a Palestinian group kidnapped the Israeli athletes, leading to a 24-hour nightmare. On hand from the United States were the ABC Sports team, who suddenly had to shift their coverage to keep the world informed about what was happening.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ensemble piece is mostly focused on four primary actors \u2013 John Magaro from 2023\u2019s <\/span>Past Lives<\/i><\/b>, playing television director Geoffrey Mason, Peter Sarsgaard as ABC Sports President Roone Arledge,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben Chaplin as Marvin Bader, and German actress Leonie Benesch as translator Marianne Gebhardt, who is beneficial in keeping the rest of the team informed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Benesh received a lot of attention a few years back as the lead in the German Oscar-nominated film, <\/span>The Teachers\u2019 Lounge<\/i><\/b>, but an even earlier film for her was Michael Haneke\u2019s two-time Oscar nominee, <\/span>The White Ribbon<\/i><\/b> in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chaplin is a 30-year acting veteran who appeared in Terrence Malick\u2019s <\/span>The Thin Red Line <\/i><\/b>(1998) and <\/span>The New World<\/i><\/b> (2005) with his most prominent roles being in the early \u201800s, starring with Sandra Bullock in <\/span>Murder By Numbers<\/i><\/b> and with Nicole Kidman in <\/span>Birthday Girl<\/i><\/b>. Although Chaplin has remained actively working, <\/span>September 5<\/i><\/b> is his most prominent role in an American release in quite some time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cinema Daily US<\/span><\/i> had a chance to speak separately with Ms. Benesch and Mr. Chaplin, the former interview you can watch above and the latter below.<\/span><\/p>\n