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Hostage

2014-12-04 · 97 min · ★ 7.6

Comedy · Drama · Family · History

Tragicomic family film about the world of children heroes - particularly the son of a local communist officer and his friend, a little hostage of the regime, whose parents emigrated to the West, few years before "Prague Spring" and the occupation of Czechoslovakia. Camaraderie, the first big discoveries of love, enemy gang fights and naive ideas are confronted with the reality of adult's world. The film is about the first contacts with bizarre and absurd reality of relationships and attitudes of adults, politics, emigration, but also betrayal and death and about how all those things form and transform the lives of small boys, who are forced to grow up too quickly.

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Directors
Juraj Nvota
Production companies
ALEF Film & Media Group, Česká televize, Filmové ateliéry, RTVS, UN Film, Filmpark Production
Countries
Slovakia, Czech Republic
Status
Released
Revenue
USD 119,000

Top Cast

Richard LabudaRichard LabudaPetr Achberger
Libuše ŠafránkováLibuše ŠafránkováAchbergerová
Milan LasicaMilan LasicaAchberger
Alexander BártaAlexander BártaAchberger
Slávka HalčákováSlávka HalčákováAchbergerová
Ondřej VetchýOndřej VetchýBašta
Lenka JaníkováBaštová
Miroslav NogaMiroslav NogaGlanz
Robert RothRobert RothHonza Kolář
Ondřej MalýOndřej MalýReim
Milan OndríkMilan OndríkTomko
Petra VajdováPetra VajdováVaľová
Richard AutnerRichard AutnerPreiss
Tamara FischerTamara FischerHelena Kraščičová
Szidi TobiasSzidi TobiasVernerová
Ady HajduAdy Hajdu
Jana OľhováJana Oľhová
Christopher Michael PaulínyChristopher Michael PaulínyFerko Glanz
Gregor HraškaGregor HraškaJaro Bašta
Tomáš FlorekJanko Kolár

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