Hostages

Name: Hostages
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 2017-04-20
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Rating: 6.20
Cast: Tinatin Dalakishvili, Irakli Kvirikadze, Avtandil Makharadze, Merab Ninidze

– Soviet Georgia, 1983. Preparations for Nika and Ana's wedding are in full swing and it's a big day f..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

6.20 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 43 Minutes

Release Year:

2017

Original Name:

Заложники

Hostages (2017) - Also known as Заложники

Soviet Georgia, 1983. Preparations for Nika and Ana's wedding are in full swing and it's a big day for both of their elite families. For the newlyweds and their friends, however, the celebrations are in fact part of a cover-up, as they plot an audacious escape from the Soviet Union.

Story Timeline:

Year 1991, Year 1983

Producing Country:

Georgia, Russia, Poland

Filming Locations:

Tbilisi, Soviet Union

Genre:

Crime, Drama

Hostages (2017) - Trailer

Release Date:

20 Apr 2017

Language:

Georgian, Russian

Directed by:

Rezo Gigineishvili

Story Written By:

Rezo Gigineishvili, Lasha Bugadze

Main Actors:

Tinatin Dalakishvili, Irakli Kvirikadze, Avtandil Makharadze, Merab Ninidze

Plot:

Movie describes real events that took place in 1983 when seven young Georgians, all from intellectual elite families, attampted to flee the Soviet Union by hijacking an airliner. The crisis ended with a storming of the airliner by Soviet special forces that resulted in eight dead. The surviving hijackers were subsequently tried and executed.

Awards:

2 wins & 6 nominations.

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

6.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

100%