It can be incredibly difficult to tell an expansive story while restricting yourself to a single location. However, with September 5, the restriction actually enhanced the storytelling for the filmmakers and craftspeople, once they realized they found themselves in a very similar position to that ABC Sports team in 1972.

Told through the perspective of the ABC Sports team, September 5 takes place during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, where Israeli athletes were being held hostage by a terrorist group. “As someone who’s working in the media myself, I thought that I could say something that is especially relevant in today’s world about our complex media environment,” says director Tim Fehlbaum.

John Magaro in ‘September 5.’

Deadline spoke with writer-director Tim Fehlbaum, writer Moritz Binder, cinematographer Markus Förderer, production designer Julian Wagner, editor Hansjörg Weißbrich and composer Lorenz Dangel to discuss how the team told an expansive story from a small location.