| Uniform Title |
Hostage : The Christine Maresch story (Motion picture : 1983) |
| Title |
Hostage : the Christine Maresch story. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2020. |
| ©1983 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (93 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID4139. |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983. |
| Based on the book of the same name by Christine Maresch. |
| "She was beaten, drugged and forced into crime... but the most amazing part of her story is that it's true" --Cover. |
| Credits |
Director: Frank Shields. Writers: John Lind, Frank Shields. |
| Performers |
Kerry Mack, Ralph Schicha, Gabriella Barraket, Judy Nunn. |
| Summary |
Christine Lewis marries Walter Maresch, an unstable German immigrant. Taking her to Germany, Walter involves her in the armed robberies he undertakes as a member of a neo-Nazi group in Munich. They flee back to Australia where Christine is forced to take part in robberies, and eventually Walter is captured. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby audio 2.0 ; NTSC ; Region 4 ; Aspect ratio 16:9 widescreen (1.85:1). |
| Language note |
English. |
| Subjects |
Maresch, Christine -- Film adaptations |
| Nazis -- Drama |
| Conjugal violence -- Australia -- Drama |
| Abduction -- Australia -- Drama |
| Marital violence -- Australia -- Drama |
| Wife abuse -- Australia -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Australia |
| Motion pictures, Australian |
| Genre |
Crime films |
| Biographical films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Shields, Frank director, screenwriter. |
| Lind, John screenwriter. |
| Mack, Kerry actor. |
| Schicha, Ralph actor. |
| Nunn, Judy actor. |
| Maresch, Christine. Hostage Motion picture adaptation of (work). |
| Series |
Ozploitation classics |
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