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Hostage

Inspired by the real-life story of a bus hijacking in Northern Greece, HOSTAGE explores the sensitive issue of Greek-Albanian relations through a young Albanian who takes over an intercity bus. Upon hijacking the bus, he takes the seven passengers hostage and demands a ransom of half and million euro, and safe passage to his homeland of Albania. Surrounded by police, the bus trundles towards the Albanian border and the tension mounts until the final harrowing conclusion.

2005 |1h 45m |  Crime, Drama, Thriller

Cast

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Stathis Papadopoulos

Elion Senja

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Theodora Tzimou

Iliana

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Yannis Stankoglou

Grigoris

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Minas Hatzisavvas

Police Commander

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Arto Apartian

Giannis

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Marilou Valeonti

Angeliki

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Antonis Dourakis

Orfeas (as Antonis Ntourakis)

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Rajmonda Bulku

Francesca

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Ndriçim Xhepa

(as Ndricim Xhepa)

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Ersi Malikenzou

Old Lady

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Konstadinos Siradakis

Biris

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Eleni Kastani

Martha

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Theofania Papathoma

Kaiti

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Antonis Fragakis

Consul

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Laert Vasili

Albanian Officer

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Armando Dauti

Albanian Officer

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Yannis Bostantzoglou

Speaker (voice)

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Parthenopi Mpouzouri

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Giorgos Chrysostomou

Commander's Assistant (as Giorgos Hrysostomou)

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Kostas Hatzoudis

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Ornela Kapetani

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Spyros Katiforis

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Elisavet Konstantinidou

Iliana's Mother (voice) (as Elissavet Konstantinidou)

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Antonis Krobas

Police interrogator

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Androniki Mertyri

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Neshan Mulazim

Reporter #1

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Nikos Pantelidis

Iliana's husband

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Karafil Shena

Elion's father-in-law

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Giorgos Striftaris

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Grigoris Vallianatos

Government representative

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Christos Vasilopoulos

Greek reporter

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Nikos Zoiopoulos

Man in bus

More Details

Status

Released

Language

Albanian, Greek

Budget

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Revenue

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