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2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 2005
Hostage
Directed by
Constantine Giannaris
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 …
The story
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.
Cast
Stathis PapadopoulosElion Senja
Theodora TzimouIliana
Yannis StankoglouGrigoris
Minas HatzisavvasPolice Commander
Arto ApartianGiannis
Marilou ValeontiAngeliki
Konstantina AngelopulouKelly
Antonis DourakisOrfeas
Manolis AfolanioJack
Rajmonda BulkuFrancesca
Ndriçim Xhepa
Ersi MalikenzouOld Lady
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Konstadinos SiradakisBiris
Eleni KastaniMartha
Theofania PapathomaKaiti
Antonis FragakisConsul
Laert VasiliAlbanian Officer
Armando DautiAlbanian Officer
Ioanna Artemiou
Yannis BostantzoglouSpeaker (voice)
Parthenopi Mpouzouri
Giorgos ChrysostomouCommander's Assistant
Kostas Hatzoudis
Nikos IslamiEri (voice)
Ornela Kapetani
Spyros Katiforis
Dimitris Kiahopoulos
Elisavet KonstantinidouIliana's Mother (voice)
Antonis KrobasPolice Interrogator
Thanasis Kyriazis
Nikos Lambrou
Claudian Lencska
Marios Loukani
Mirela Loupa
Refik MarasoglouReporter #2
Androniki Mertyri
Neshan MulazimReporter #1
Nikos PantelidisIliana's Husband
Thodoris Papadopoulos
Karafil ShenaElion's Father-in-Law
Giorgos Striftaris
Marinos TattarisPoliceman
Giorgos Triparolis
Yvonni Tzasa
Grigoris VallianatosGovernment Representative
Christos VasilopoulosGreek Reporter
Claudia Zarafonitou
Nikos ZoiopoulosMan in Bus
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