Hostages of the SS
Wir Geiseln der SS
Release: 2015-04-07
·★ 6.2
Drama
History
War
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…
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Beetz Brothers Film Production
ZDF
ORF
nordmedia
Cast
Isabelle Barth
as Ingeborg Schroeder
Gerhard Wittmann
as Stiller
Martin Liema
as Hermann
Xenia Benevolenskaya
as Benigna Goerdeler
Ricardo Angelini
as Enrico Salvatore
Rainer Frank
as Wichard von Alvesleben
Tim Bergmann
as Bogislav von Bonin
Torsten Münchow
as Garibaldi
Marc Benjamin
as Jimmy James
Uwe Bohm
as Bader
Tomas Spencer
as Fey von Hassel
Martin Thaler
as Kurt von Schuschnigg
Sina Reiß
as Isa Vermehren