Hostages of the SS

Drama

History

War

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…

Production Companies

Beetz Brothers Film Production

ZDF

ORF

nordmedia

Cast

Tim Bergmann

Tim Bergmann

Bogislav von Bonin
Isabelle Barth

Isabelle Barth

Ingeborg Schroeder
Martin Thaler

Martin Thaler

Kurt von Schuschnigg
Marc Benjamin

Marc Benjamin

Jimmy James
Henriette Schmidt

Henriette Schmidt

Fey von Hassel
Xenia Benevolenskaya

Xenia Benevolenskaya

Benigna Goerdeler
Tomas Spencer

Tomas Spencer

Fey von Hassel
Anastasia C. Zander

Anastasia C. Zander

Sybille-Maria Schröder
Caroline Heberling

Caroline Heberling

Jutta Goerdeler
Ricardo Angelini

Ricardo Angelini

Enrico Salvatore
Rainer Frank

Rainer Frank

Wichard von Alvesleben
Sina Reiß

Sina Reiß

Isa Vermehren
Philipp M. Franck

Philipp M. Franck

Hans-Dieter Schröder
Tom Kreß

Tom Kreß

SS Scherge Nowak
Markus Langer

Markus Langer

Scherge Walter

Release date

7th Apr 2015

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Français, Deutsch