MUNICH script - Save the Cat beat sheet analysis

Introduces a tense, ominous nighttime approach to the Olympic Village, setting tone.

Golda Meir’s cabinet debates giving the order, foreshadowing moral cost of state-sponsored revenge.

Give us the order and we begin.

Avner at home reacts to Munich aftermath, then signs up for the mission—his ordinary world and inciting duty are established.

I have the world's most boring job. What's going to happen to me?

Ephraim briefs Avner on eleven names to kill, triggering his commitment.

We have eleven Palestinian names. Each had a hand in planning Munich. You're going to kill them.

On the flight, Avner’s uneasy reflection hints at his doubts about the violent path ahead.

The team celebrates their first successful hit, marking entry into Act Two’s kill-operation world.

Avner visits Daphna and their newborn, introducing his family subplot and emotional stakes.

I have my family here, and your parents.

Carl confirms the hotel bomb kill, showing the thrill and routine of their revenge missions.

Kamal Adwan’s death marks high point of success but also escalates violence—stakes deepen.

Hans and Robert infiltrate another hotel under threat, tension mounts as operations risk exposure.

Carl is found murdered, delivering the lowest emotional moment for Avner and the team.

Avner discovers Carl’s door ajar, confronting his isolation and fear in the safe house.

I saw her first, you asshole.

After Jeanette’s killing on the houseboat, Avner realizes he’s trapped—he commits to final confrontation with his superiors.

Avner returns to Frankfurt, wakes to a phone call—must face consequences of entire operation.

Avner visits his mother, showing emotional distance and the personal cost of his mission.

You're divorced. Why do you keep his picture on the wall?