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Hostages of the SS

2015 · 1 season

A tense, somber wartime docudrama that keeps you gripped through mounting danger and fragile hope.

Genres
Drama, War & politics, Documentary
Overview
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…
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About
Survival, war, power, freedom
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror3
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension7
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, war & politics, documentary
    Created by
    Carsten Gutschmidt, Christian Frey
    Written by
    Carsten Gutschmidt, Christian Frey
    Starring
    Tim Bergmann, Isabelle Barth, Torsten Münchow, Martin Thaler, Marc Benjamin, Uwe Bohm, Henriette Schmidt, Xenia Benevolenskaya
    Music
    Andreas Dicke, Thomas Onderka
    Cinematography
    Frank Van Vught
    Length
    1 seasons, 2 episodes, 52 min each
    Network
    ARTE
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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