Storyline
April 1945. In a dramatic operation the SS transports 139 special prisoners, and kin of the prisoners, into the Alps. The plan: to use the prisoners as bargaining chips in possible negotiations with the Allies. During the journey a number of prisoners plan their escape and experience six days between liberty and death, their fates in the hands of ruthless and increasingly nervous criminals. But the hostages band together and turn the tables with a clever ploy: they call in the Wehrmacht to aid them…
Cast & Crew
Tim Bergmann
Bogislav von Bonin
Lead
Isabelle Barth
Ingeborg Schroeder
Torsten Münchow
Garibaldi
Martin Thaler
Kurt von Schuschnigg
Marc Benjamin
Jimmy James
Uwe Bohm
Bader
HS
Henriette Schmidt
Fey von Hassel
Xenia Benevolenskaya
Benigna Goerdeler
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Christian Frey's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Hostages of the SS is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
