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Hostages of the SS

Hostages of the SS

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Overview

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…

Created by Christian Frey
Written by Christian Frey, Carsten Gutschmidt
Produced by Reinhardt Beetz
NetworksARTE

Top Cast

Tim Bergmann

Tim Bergmann

Bogislav von Bonin

Isabelle Barth

Isabelle Barth

Ingeborg Schroeder

Torsten Münchow

Torsten Münchow

Garibaldi

Martin Thaler

Martin Thaler

Kurt von Schuschnigg

Marc Benjamin

Marc Benjamin

Jimmy James

Uwe Bohm

Uwe Bohm

Bader

H

Henriette Schmidt

Fey von Hassel

Xenia Benevolenskaya

Xenia Benevolenskaya

Benigna Goerdeler

Tomas Spencer

Tomas Spencer

Fey von Hassel

Gerhard Wittmann

Gerhard Wittmann

Stiller

About Hostages of the SS

Hostages of the SS is a drama, war & politics series that first aired in 2015. Created by Christian Frey, it stars Tim Bergmann, Isabelle Barth, Torsten Münchow. 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…

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