The hostages of Costa Rica
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The hostages of Costa Rica |
| Country of production | Germany , Mexico |
| original language | German , Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Uwe Janson |
| script | Anne Wild |
| production |
Michael Bütow Holm Dressler |
| music | Ulrich Reuter |
| camera | Philipp Timme |
| occupation | |
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Die Geiseln von Costa Rica is a German television film that was produced by Holm Dressler for ProSieben . It was directed by Uwe Janson , with Nina Hoss and Suzanne von Borsody in the lead roles . It was first broadcast on January 27, 2000.
action
The German tourist Kiki and the Swiss tour guide Marlies are kidnapped by Contra rebels from Nicaragua while on vacation in Costa Rica . While Kiki's friend Markus and her mother are fighting for her release, she starts an affair with one of the kidnappers. When the two women were released after 72 days against payment of a ransom, the police suspected they had made common cause with the kidnappers.
background
The film was inspired by the actual experiences of the Germans Nicola Fleuchaus and the Swiss Susanne Siegfried in 1996. Their kidnapping made headlines around the world.
The film achieved the highest audience rating of all television films made by the station in 2000 and was nominated for the European television award.
Reviews
While the evening newspaper describes the film as lengthy and drawn out, Prisma magazine praises the breathtaking images and the excellent leading actresses. The lexicon of international film expresses itself similarly . There it is said that Die Geiseln von Costa Rica is a "routinely staged (television) thriller intensely performed by two outstanding actresses".
Web links
- The hostages of Costa Rica in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The hostages of Costa Rica on tvspielfilm.de
- ^ According to the Lexicon of International Films. Some sources state that 2000 was the year of production.
- ↑ Nicola Fleuchaus looked for affection during the imprisonment, reports Susanna Siegfried: "She hugged me again and again." Although she did not provoke the kidnappers, she "flirted to a certain extent. She tried to get along well with them. I think she did that without thinking."
- ↑ Robert Bongen: Pro 7 interprets kidnapping in "hostages of Costa Rica" . Der Tagesspiegel, January 26, 2000
- ↑ Website ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the producer Holm Dressler
- ↑ Abendzeitung from January 29, 2000, quoted in Lothar R. Just: Film-Jahrbuch 2001 . Heyne-Verlag, 2001. Page 185
- ↑ The hostages of Costa Rica on prisma.de
- ^ The hostages of Costa Rica. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
