Hostage
Όμηρος
Rating: 5.2 · 2005 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · Turkey, Greece · 1 ч 45 мин
Description
Inspired by the real-life story of a bus hijacking in Northern Greece, HOSTAGE explores the sensitive issue of Greek-Albanian relations through a young Albanian who takes over an intercity bus. Upon hijacking the bus, he takes the seven passengers hostage and demands a ransom of half and million euro, and safe passage to his homeland of Albania. Surrounded by police, the bus trundles towards the Albanian border and the tension mounts until the final harrowing conclusion.
Information
- Original title
- Όμηρος
- Year
- 2005
- Genre
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Country
- Turkey, Greece
- Runtime
- 1 ч 45 мин
- TMDB
- 5.2
- IMDb
- 5.2
- Tagline
- I want only young people in the bus. If I get killed, not only my mother should cry. Theirs should cry too...
Director
Cast
- Stathis Papadopoulos — Elion Senja
- Theodora Tzimou — Iliana
- Yannis Stankoglou — Grigoris
- Minas Hatzisavvas — Police Commander
- Arto Apartian — Giannis
- Marilou Valeonti — Angeliki
- Konstantina Angelopulou — Kelly
- Antonis Dourakis — Orfeas
- Manolis Afolanio — Jack
- Rajmonda Bulku — Francesca
- Ndriçim Xhepa
- Ersi Malikenzou — Old Lady
- Konstadinos Siradakis — Biris
- Eleni Kastani — Martha
- Theofania Papathoma — Kaiti
- Antonis Fragakis — Consul
- Laert Vasili — Albanian Officer
- Armando Dauti — Albanian Officer
- Ioanna Artemiou
- Yannis Bostantzoglou — Speaker (voice)