CinemaOSSeries · 2015 · 1 Season

Hostages of the SS

70%(1)IMDbDramaWar & PoliticsDocumentary

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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Status
Ended
Language
DE
First aired
April 7, 2015
Last aired
April 7, 2015
Seasons
1
Episodes
2
Network
ARTE

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Tim Bergmann

Tim Bergmann

Bogislav von Bonin

Isabelle Barth

Isabelle Barth

Ingeborg Schroeder

Torsten Münchow

Torsten Münchow

Garibaldi

Martin Thaler

Martin Thaler

Kurt von Schuschnigg

Marc Benjamin

Marc Benjamin

Jimmy James

Uwe Bohm

Uwe Bohm

Bader

Henriette Schmidt

Fey von Hassel

Xenia Benevolenskaya

Xenia Benevolenskaya

Benigna Goerdeler

Tomas Spencer

Tomas Spencer

Fey von Hassel

Gerhard Wittmann

Gerhard Wittmann

Stiller

Creative team
Showrunner
Onno Ehlers
Christian Kaps
Written by
Christian Frey
Carsten Gutschmidt
Produced by
Reinhardt Beetz

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