
The Hostage
2010-08-11 · 45 min / episode · ★ 7.0
The series revolves around a couple who live their lives happily with their young daughter, but that happiness did not last long, as it happens unless it was taken into account, as their lives are exposed to an incident in which the family entity is turned upside down, the story is inspired by Kuwait's kidnapping cases of children.
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- Creators
- Ibrahim Al-Harbi
- Production companies
- Kuwait TV
- Countries
- Kuwait
- Status
- Ended
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Ibrahim Al-Harbi
Meshari Al-Ballam
Shaima Ali
Ahmed Al-Aounan
Amal Abbas
Mubarak Sultan
Mohammed Al-Alawi
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