Hostage (1983 film)
Hostage (also known as Savage Attraction) is a 1983 Australian crime film based on a true story.
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Directed by | Frank Shields |
Produced by | Frank Shields |
Written by | John Lind Frank Shields |
Based on | Novel by Christine Maresch |
Starring | Kerry Mack Ralph Schicha |
Music by | Davood A. Tabrizi |
Cinematography | Vincent Monton |
Edited by | Don Saunders |
Release date | 5 May 1983 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Box office | AU $2,455,000 (Australia)[1] |
Plot synopsis
Based on actual events, Christine Maresch is a teenager living in Wollongong in the 1970s and ends up marrying a sadistic German bank robber named Walter.[2]
Cast
- 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
- Henk Johannes as Wolfgang
- Burt Cooper as Helmut
- Ian Mortimer as Gary
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References
- "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
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