Hostage

1h 45m

Crime Drama Thriller

5.2

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.

Cast

Stathis Papadopoulos

Theodora Tzimou

Yannis Stankoglou

Minas Hatzisavvas

Police Commander

Marilou Valeonti

Konstantina Angelopulou

Antonis Dourakis

Manolis Afolanio

Ersi Malikenzou

Konstadinos Siradakis

Theofania Papathoma

Antonis Fragakis

Albanian Officer

Albanian Officer

Ioanna Artemiou

Yannis Bostantzoglou

Speaker (voice)

Parthenopi Mpouzouri

Giorgos Chrysostomou

Commander's Assistant

Kostas Hatzoudis

Ornela Kapetani

Spyros Katiforis

Dimitris Kiahopoulos

Elisavet Konstantinidou

Iliana's Mother (voice)

Police Interrogator

Thanasis Kyriazis

Claudian Lencska

Refik Marasoglou

Androniki Mertyri

Nikos Pantelidis

Iliana's Husband

Thodoris Papadopoulos

Elion's Father-in-Law

Giorgos Striftaris

Marinos Tattaris

Giorgos Triparolis

Grigoris Vallianatos

Government Representative

Christos Vasilopoulos

Claudia Zarafonitou

Nikos Zoiopoulos

Crew

Constantine Giannaris

Director, Writer

Nikos Nikolettos