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Hostage (1983 film) 
Summary
Hostage (also known as Savage Attraction) is a 1983 Australian crime film based on a true story.
| Hostage | |
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| Directed by | Frank Shields |
| Screenplay by | Frank Shields John Lind |
| Based on | Hostage by Christine Maresch |
| Produced by | Frank Shields |
| Starring | Kerry Mack Ralph Schicha |
| Cinematography | Vince Monton |
| Edited by | Don Saunders |
| Music by | Davood A. Tabrizi |
Production companies | Frontier Films Klejazz Productions |
| Distributed by | Roadshow Film Distributors |
Release date | 5 May 1983 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Box office | AU$2.455 million (Australia)[1] |
Plot synopsis edit
Based on actual events, Christine Lewis is a teenager living in Wollongong in the 1970s and ends up marrying a sadistic German bank robber named Walter Maresch.[2]
Cast edit
- Kerry Mack as Christine Maresch
- Ralph Schicha as Walter Maresch
- Michael Harrs as John Hoffman
- Clare Binney as Freda Hoffman
- Doris Goddard as Mrs. Hoffman
- Judy Nunn as Mrs. Lewis
- Henk Johannes as Wolfgang
- Burt Cooper as Helmut
- Ian Mortimer as Gary
- The Shamoroze family
References edit
- ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 24 October 2012
- ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p266
External links edit
- Hostage at IMDb
- Hostage at Oz Movies
