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Hostages is a american film of genre Drama directed by Frank Tuttle released in USA on 11 august 1943 with Luise Rainer

Hostages (1943)

Hostages
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Released in USA 11 august 1943
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OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War
Rating67% 3.360433.360433.360433.360433.36043

Hostages is a war film produced by Paramount Pictures and released in 1943. It was directed by Frank Tuttle from a script by Frank Butler and Lester Cole based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Stefan Heym. The film stars Luise Rainer, Arturo de Cordova, William Bendix and Paul Lukas and features Katina Paxinou and Oskar Homolka.

Synopsis

A group of twenty-six Czechoslovakian citizens are jailed as hostages by the Gestapo until the supposed killer of a Nazi officer – who actually committed suicide – is turned in. The hostages include the leader of the underground resistance movement (William Bendix), whose cover is that of an apparently ignorant washroom attendant in the nightclub where the victim was last seen alive.

Actors

Luise Rainer

(Milada Pressinger)Arturo de Córdova

(Paul Breda)William Bendix

(Underground leader)Paul Lukas

(Reinhardt)Katína Paxinoú

(Maria)
And :
Oskar Homolka
Roland Varno
Felix Basch
Hans Conried
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