Operation Apollo – The Mossad’s Pager Attack

  • nordische filmtage

SEPTEMBER 2024: THOUSANDS OF PAGERS EXPLODE SIMULATNEOUSLY ACROSS LEBANON — A SECRET MOSSAD OPERATION THAT REDEFINES THE LIMITS OF MODERN WARFARE. ‘OPERATION APOLLO‘ EXPOSES THE HIDDEN MECHANICS BEHIND ONE OF THE MOST DARING INTELLIGENCE STRIKES OF OUR TIME.

Year

2025

Length

3x 30 Min, 1x 45 Min

Director
Marcus Weller
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Synopsis

In the early afternoon of September 17, 2024, a series of simultaneous explosions tears through Lebanon. The source: pagers. These old-fashioned communication devices suddenly turned into lethal weapons. Within seconds, thousands detonate. Only one day later, Walkie Talkies detonate, striking leading Hezbollah members and turning the covert operation into a full-scale intelligence offensive. More than forty people die, over three thousand are injured.

Behind the attack lies a covert mission planned in absolute secrecy, conducted by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Its objective is the targeted elimination of Hezbollah’s military leadership.

The series reconstructs, step by step, how a decades-old technology became a weapon of surgical precision. From the painstaking infiltration of supply chains and the manipulation of batteries, to the moment the pagers were distributed among unsuspecting operatives, ‘Operation Apollo’ unveils the anatomy of a modern intelligence strike.

Through testimonies from both sides of the conflict, the documentary reveals the unseen dimensions of power, surveillance, and moral ambiguity at the heart of ‘Operation Apollo – The Mossad’s Pager Attack’.

Author & Director
Marcus Weller

Sound
Carsten Kramer
Tobias Engelhard
Favio Claure
Erez Levi
Yossi Bar

Sound Mix
Pierre Brand

Music
Mo Harris Sommer

Camera
Felix Greif
André Götzmann
Uri Ackerman
Avner Shahaf
Tomer Slutski

Camera Assistant – Dramatic Scenes
Henning Fischer

Editor
Phil Glauner
Jens Greuner

Production Design
Greta Bolzoni
Carolina Duarte Bernado                  

Graphics and Animation      
Studio Fritz Gnad

Colorist
Andreas Teichert

Archive Producer
Sabine Kues
Florian Tropp 

Productionmanagement 
Tilo Gläßer, ZDF
Marcel Rechten, beetz brothers
Lóránd Barabás, beetz brothers

Herstellungsleitung
Ferdinand Freising

Local Producers
Duki Dror
Ilan Sheizaf
Dana Wolfe
Katie Tam
Ahmad Wehbi

Producer
Eva Fouquet
Lena Marie Reimers

Executive Producer
Reinhardt Beetz

Commissioning Editor
Christian Rohde

Operation Apollo – The Mossad’s Pager Attack
Trailer

Produced by

  • bb

Produced for

  • ZDF

With the support of

  • mfg

In association with

  • arte
  • arte

Supported by

  • mbb
  • NZ

Operation Apollo – The Mossad’s Pager Attack

  • nordische filmtage

SEPTEMBER 2024: THOUSANDS OF PAGERS EXPLODE SIMULATNEOUSLY ACROSS LEBANON — A SECRET MOSSAD OPERATION THAT REDEFINES THE LIMITS OF MODERN WARFARE. ‘OPERATION APOLLO‘ EXPOSES THE HIDDEN MECHANICS BEHIND ONE OF THE MOST DARING INTELLIGENCE STRIKES OF OUR TIME.

Year

2025

Length

3x 30 Min, 1x 45 Min

Director
Marcus Weller
Share

Synopsis

In the early afternoon of September 17, 2024, a series of simultaneous explosions tears through Lebanon. The source: pagers. These old-fashioned communication devices suddenly turned into lethal weapons. Within seconds, thousands detonate. Only one day later, Walkie Talkies detonate, striking leading Hezbollah members and turning the covert operation into a full-scale intelligence offensive. More than forty people die, over three thousand are injured.

Behind the attack lies a covert mission planned in absolute secrecy, conducted by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Its objective is the targeted elimination of Hezbollah’s military leadership.

The series reconstructs, step by step, how a decades-old technology became a weapon of surgical precision. From the painstaking infiltration of supply chains and the manipulation of batteries, to the moment the pagers were distributed among unsuspecting operatives, ‘Operation Apollo’ unveils the anatomy of a modern intelligence strike.

Through testimonies from both sides of the conflict, the documentary reveals the unseen dimensions of power, surveillance, and moral ambiguity at the heart of ‘Operation Apollo – The Mossad’s Pager Attack’.

Author & Director
Marcus Weller

Sound
Carsten Kramer
Tobias Engelhard
Favio Claure
Erez Levi
Yossi Bar

Sound Mix
Pierre Brand

Music
Mo Harris Sommer

Camera
Felix Greif
André Götzmann
Uri Ackerman
Avner Shahaf
Tomer Slutski

Camera Assistant – Dramatic Scenes
Henning Fischer

Editor
Phil Glauner
Jens Greuner

Production Design
Greta Bolzoni
Carolina Duarte Bernado                  

Graphics and Animation      
Studio Fritz Gnad

Colorist
Andreas Teichert

Archive Producer
Sabine Kues
Florian Tropp 

Productionmanagement 
Tilo Gläßer, ZDF
Marcel Rechten, beetz brothers
Lóránd Barabás, beetz brothers

Herstellungsleitung
Ferdinand Freising

Local Producers
Duki Dror
Ilan Sheizaf
Dana Wolfe
Katie Tam
Ahmad Wehbi

Producer
Eva Fouquet
Lena Marie Reimers

Executive Producer
Reinhardt Beetz

Commissioning Editor
Christian Rohde

Operation Apollo – The Mossad’s Pager Attack
Trailer

Produced by

  • bb

Produced for

  • ZDF

With the support of

  • mfg

In association with

  • arte
  • arte

Supported by

  • mbb
  • NZ