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Hostage
DVD cover
Directed byFrank Shields
Screenplay byFrank Shields
John Lind
Based onHostage
by Christine Maresch
Produced byFrank Shields
StarringKerry Mack
Ralph Schicha
CinematographyVince Monton
Edited byDon Saunders
Music byDavood A. Tabrizi
Production
companies
Frontier Films
Klejazz Productions
Distributed byRoadshow Film Distributors
Release date
  • 5 May 1983 (1983-05-05)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Box officeAU$2.455 million (Australia)[1]

Hostage (also known as Savage Attraction) is a 1983 Australian crime film based on a true story. Christine Maresch reverted to her maiden name Christine O'Neill and passed away from hypothermia in April 2023.[2]


Plot synopsis

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Based on actual events, Christine Lewis is a teenager living in Wollongong in the 1970s and ends up marrying a sadistic German bank robber named Walter Maresch.[3]

Cast

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  • Kerry Mack as Christine Maresch
  • Ralph Schicha as Walter Maresch
  • Michael Harrs as John Hoffman
  • Clare Binney as Freda Hoffman
  • Doris Goddard as Mrs. Hoffman
  • Judy Nunn as Mrs. Lewis
  • Henk Johannes as Wolfgang
  • Burt Cooper as Helmut
  • Ian Mortimer as Gary
  • The Shamoroze family

References

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  1. ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 24 October 2012
  2. ^ Langford, Ben (1 June 2023). "Christine survived a sadistic Nazi bank robber only to die alone in a public housing flat". The Senior. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  3. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p266
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