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Hostages of the SS (2015)

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…

  • Drama
  • History
  • War

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Tim BergmannTim BergmannBogislav von Bonin
  • Photo of Isabelle BarthIsabelle BarthIngeborg Schroeder
  • Photo of Torsten MünchowTorsten MünchowGaribaldi
  • Photo of Martin ThalerMartin ThalerKurt von Schuschnigg
  • Photo of Marc BenjaminMarc BenjaminJimmy James
  • Photo of Uwe BohmUwe BohmBader
  • Photo of Henriette SchmidtHenriette SchmidtFey von Hassel
  • Photo of Xenia BenevolenskayaXenia BenevolenskayaBenigna Goerdeler
  • Photo of Tomas SpencerTomas SpencerFey von Hassel
  • Photo of Gerhard WittmannGerhard WittmannStiller

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