Hostages of the SS
20151 Season52m episodes7.0
Drama, War & Politics, Documentary
- Runtime
- 52m episodes
- Genre
- Drama
- Origin
- DE
About
April 1945. In a dramatic operation the SS transports 139 special prisoners, and kin of the prisoners, into the Alps. The plan: to use the prisoners as bargaining chips in possible negotiations with the Allies. During the journey a number of prisoners plan their escape and experience six days between liberty and death, their fates in the hands of ruthless and increasingly nervous criminals. But the hostages band together and turn the tables with a clever ploy: they call in the Wehrmacht to aid them…
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Christian Frey, Carsten Gutschmidt
- Writing
- Christian Frey, Carsten Gutschmidt
- Status
- Ended
- First aired
- Apr 7, 2015
- Network
- ARTE
Time to finish
2 hrs
2 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.
Cast
Tim Bergmann
Bogislav von Bonin
Isabelle Barth
Ingeborg Schroeder
Torsten Münchow
Garibaldi
Martin Thaler
Kurt von Schuschnigg
Marc Benjamin
Jimmy James
Uwe Bohm
Bader
Henriette Schmidt
Fey von Hassel
Xenia Benevolenskaya
Benigna Goerdeler
Tomas Spencer
Fey von Hassel
Gerhard Wittmann
Stiller
Anastasia C. Zander
Sybille-Maria Schröder
Caroline Heberling
Jutta Goerdeler
Ricardo Angelini
Enrico Salvatore
Rainer Frank
Wichard von Alvesleben
Georg Laberger
SS-Soldat
Sina Reiß
Isa Vermehren
Philipp M. Franck
Hans-Dieter Schröder
Martin Liema
Hermann
Tom Kreß
SS Scherge Nowak
Markus Langer
Scherge Walter
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