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Hostages (1943)

Hostages poster
Directed by
Frank Tuttle
Genre
war film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In Nazi-occupied Prague, a group of resistance fighters are taken hostage by German forces. The film follows their struggle and the efforts to save them.

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What happens

Hostages is an American war film produced by Paramount Pictures and released in 1943. It was directed by Frank Tuttle from a script by Frank Butler and Lester Cole based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Stefan Heym. The film stars Luise Rainer, Arturo de Córdova, William Bendix and Paul Lukas and features Katina Paxinou and Oskar Homolka. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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