Hostages (2017)

Mzevlebi (Geo)

Directed by   Rezo Gigineishvili

                                               

Genre: Drama

Plot: Movie describes real events that took place in 1983 when seven young Georgians, all from intellectual elite families, attampted to flee the Soviet Union by hijacking an airliner. The crisis ended with a storming of the airliner by Soviet special forces that resulted in eight dead. The surviving hijackers were subsequently tried and executed.

Directed by   Rezo Gigineishvili

Writing credits: Lasha Bugadze, Rezo Gigineishvili

Cinematography by  Vladislav Opelyants

Music by Giya Kancheli

Sound : Beso Kacharava, Kirill Vasilenko 

Costume Design by  Tinatin Kvinikadze

Film Editing by  Andrey Gamov, Jaroslaw Kaminski

Cast: Irakli Kvirikadze (Nika),  Tinatin Dalakishvili (Anna), Avtandil Makharadze (Shota), Merab Ninidze (Levan), 

Darejan Kharshiladze (Nino), Giga Datiashvili (Koka), Giorgi Khurtsilava (Lasha), Giorgi Grdzelidze (Sandro), Giorgi Tabidze (Oto), Vakho Chachanidze (Irakli), Kato Kalatozishvili (Tamuna), Beka Lemonjava (Zuriko), Iliko Sukhishvili (Father Daniil), Mikheil Gomiashvili (Tengiz), Nadezhda Mikhalkova (Maya), Mariya Shalayeva (Vera)

Runtime: 112'

Color: Color  

Country: Georgia | Russia | Poland

Language: Georgian | Russian

 

20 Steps Productions (Georgia), Inkfilm (Russia), Nebo Film (Russia), Extreme Emotions (Poland), GNFC

 

 

 John Bleasdale  Berlin 2017: Hostages review     - CINE-VUE.  

 Vladan Petkovic  Hostages: A breathtaking blend of thriller and social commentary -  CINEUROPA 20/02/2017.