Hostages
– Soviet Georgia, 1983. Preparations for Nika and Ana's wedding are in full swing and it's a big day f..
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.
20 Apr 2017
Georgian, Russian
Rezo Gigineishvili
Lasha Bugadze, Rezo Gigineishvili
Irakli Kvirikadze, Tinatin Dalakishvili, Avtandil Makharadze, Merab Ninidze
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.
2 wins & 6 nominations.