Caught (TV series)

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Television series
German title Captured
Original title Captive
Country of production United States
original language English
year 2016
Production
company
Lightbox Hypnotic
length 59-73 minutes
Episodes 8 in 1 season
genre Documentation , drama
production Doug Liman
Simon Chinn
Jonathan Chinn
music Anne Nikitin
Initial release December 9, 2016 on Netflix

First publication in German
December 9, 2016 on Netflix

An American documentary series is captured . It was produced by Lightbox Hypnotic and is broadcast worldwide in eight episodes of Netflix .

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The documentary series reconstructs various hostage-taking cases from history with the help of detailed experience reports from kidnapping victims. It reports on the negotiation with the hostage takers about the conditions for ransom payments and the release of the abductees. Not only are the respective events reconstructed, but also the consequences for everyone involved. Victims, family members, perpetrators, as well as police officers and negotiators have their say.

Episode list

No.
( total )
No.
( St. )
German title Original title Director actor
1 1 Prison Revolt, USA Prison Riot, USA Nadav Schirman  
Prison revolt at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in 1993 in Lucasville , Ohio ( USA ).
2 2 Coca-Cola CEO, Brazil Cola Kidnap, Brazil Jesse Vile Alessandro Moussa
Kidnapping of a director of Coca-Cola in Brazil in 1991.
3 3 Kidnapping at sea, Somalia Taken at Sea, Somalia Ursula Macfarlane  
Two British men were kidnapped in the Indian Ocean by Somali pirates in 2006.
4th 4th American missionaries, Philippines American Missionaries, Philippines Sam Blair, David Sington Thaer Al-Shayei, Mass Nokhas
Abu Sajaf abducted two American missionaries in 2001.
5 5 British auxiliaries, Chechnya British Aid Workers, Chechnya Zara Hayes Claire Cooper
Two British laborers are held hostage in Chechnya for over a year in 1997 .
6th 6th Bethlehem Siege, Palestine Bethleham victories, Palestine David Belton Richard Wright-Firth
Israeli armed forces besieged Bethlehem in 2002 .
7th 7th Al Qaeda hostages, Yemen Al Qaeda Hostages, Yemen Nick Green Mehdi Aissaoui, Al Gregg, Jo Price, Youssef Tounzi
Two South Africans are in Yemen for charity in 2014 and are kidnapped by al-Qaeda .
8th 8th Peacemaker, Iraq The Peacemakers, Iraq David Sington Emilio Aniba, Ewan Borthwick, Tony Cook , Harry Long, Mass Nokhas, Shane Nolan
Four human rights activists are taken hostage by insurgents in the Iraq war.
On December 9, 2016, all episodes of the season were released simultaneously on Netflix.

reception

criticism

"Captive: Netflix's big-budget answer to Crimewatch"

Awards

  • Nominated for the Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in Short Form Documentary in Television 2017

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Vanessa Simon: Horribly honest - In eight episodes the series «Captive» dissects various hostages. Incredibly nerve-wracking. In: Tagesanzeiger. December 13, 2016, accessed May 14, 2017 .
  2. Charly Lyne: Captive: Netflix's big-budget answer to Crimewatch. In: theguardian.com. December 3, 2016, accessed May 5, 2017 .