康沃尔小镇的女烟囱清洁工克莱尔·里德利（Milena Straube 饰）被当地人视为“幸运女神”。一次偶然重逢，她与多年未见的初恋乔什·哈丁（文岑茨·瓦格纳 饰）再次相遇。如今已成为纽约建筑师的乔什来到康沃尔，试图说服丧偶的姨妈杰西卡（莉娜·温德尔 饰）卖掉祖传的老宅，而杰西卡却不愿离开，并希望克莱尔的父亲丹尼尔（迪特玛·贝尔 饰）帮助她修缮房屋。

1942. The State of Finland has formed an alliance with Nazi Germany. An elderly man single-handedly tries to stop a secret attempt by the Finnish State Police to hand over Jewish refugees directly to the Gestapo.

During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.

September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5provides a powerful new perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time. At the heart of the story is Geoff, a young and ambitious producer striving to prove himself to his boss, the legendary TV executive Roone Arledge. Together with Marianne, a German interpreter, Geoff unexpectedly takes the helm of the live coverage. As narratives shift, time ticks away, and conflicting rumors spread, with the hostages' lives hanging in the balance, Geoff grapples with tough decisions while confronting his own moral compass. How do you cover a situation like this if what the perpetrators want is the spotlight you give?