Hostages

Original title: Mdzevlebi

2017
1h 43m

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Tinatin Dalakishvili and Irakli Kvirikadze in Hostages (2017)

The movie describes real events that took place in 1983, when seven young Georgians, all from intellectual elite families, attempted to flee the Soviet Union by hijacking an airliner. The cr... Read allThe movie describes real events that took place in 1983, when seven young Georgians, all from intellectual elite families, attempted 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... Read allThe movie describes real events that took place in 1983, when seven young Georgians, all from intellectual elite families, attempted 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 convicted and executed.

Director
- Rezo Gigineishvili
Writers
- Lasha Bugadze
- Rezo Gigineishvili
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

2.1K

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Director
- Rezo Gigineishvili
Writers
- Lasha Bugadze
- Rezo Gigineishvili
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total

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5canerbaskurt

Not very well acted

A good story, but not very well acted. Besides, why would they hijack a plane from Tbilisi to Batumi within the boundaries of the same country if the ultimate aim was to escape the country itself? Why didn't they take the bus or drive, which would solve things peacefully? The movie should have told the reason behind this.

9mariamo-lobzhanidze

More than expected!!!

I have red, haired and watched quite a lot about this historical event. Opinions always differ.. I will say briefly, that this film was more than I expected. It was way far from subjectivity and excessive romanticism what would make unambiguous heroes out of the main characters. Great scenario! Great actors! bravo!!! Great film!

3i-fathy

not fun to watch

It may be a true story and may be technical it is good, but my opinion is that there is so much filling in the movie at the beginning and then the main event is very short and i didn't really enjoy watching this movie.

9kakhelofficial

I believe that...

I watched the movie the night of the premiere in Tbilisi, I had read a book based on the events. The Book is called (Flight from USSR) and I recommend it to anyone who sees the movie and finds it interesting.The book is in fact worth reading, when the film ended I was hearing mixed reviews from the audience, most of whom were confused over what they saw, just like me. I who had read the book, found the movie complex. I imagine for those who had not read the book or for people from other countries it would be harder to understand because we grew up with this story and overall we know what was going on but others did/will not.Not to the point where they should understand.Sometimes I thought that the movie focused on stuff that did not really made sense or was not important at all.I thought that the director had emphasized on other details of the same story than the book I mentioned, like he wanted to say the same story with a different angle.

On the other hand, The acting was great, I was blown away with the Wedding scene just like the airplane scene.

To sum up my opinion I would like to say that it was a good movie in general but I would preferred if it was more like the book.

Red_Identity

Well done, but not a fun watch

I can't deny the technical strengths of the film. The film is well done. The performances across the board are strong, the cinematography gripping and effective for the kind of story being told, and the screenplay never feels exploitative. However, it's not exactly an enjoyable film to watch. I definitely do recommend it as a piece of filmmaking, but it's one that's hard to love. Still, one can't deny the impact the film has. I think the mysterious incident at the core of it does cloud it in mystery, and the film rightfully doesn't want to give easy answers or excuses for the behaviors shown.

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Trivia
This film is based on a real incident that occurred in Soviet Georgia in November '83, in which eventually, fatalities caused included three crew (of 7) - including a stewardess (portrayed by Mariya Shalayeva's role in film): but whose cause of death 'remains a source of controversy' [Ministry of Internal affairs assessment*] - plus two passengers (of 50+) and three of the hijackers: The aircraft was stormed after two days on the tarmac, by the then Soviet elite 'Alpha' group; in the aftermath, the aircraft supposedly sustained over one hundred bullet impacts (holes) into it. Of note; "many details of the incident are still unclear and a series of questions remain open." [ *quoted from Wikipedia entry.] One year later, three of the surviving hijackers, Kobakhidze ('Nika' in the film) and the brothers Iverieli (Lasha & Irakli in film ), plus also the priest, Chikhladze ('Father Daniil' in film) - even though not on the plane (and lack of associative evidence), as was declared its 'ringleader' - received capital death sentences and executed (shot) within two months; the sole female hijacker, Tinatin Petviashvili ('Anna' - but real first namesake - in the film), was sentenced to 14 years incarceration.