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form y separately published work icon Hostage single work   film/TV   crime   thriller  
Alternative title: Savage Attraction; Hostage : The Christine Maresch Story; Hostage : The Story of Christine Maresch
Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 Hostage
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Text Unit Name Institution Year
form y separately published work icon Hostage Savage Attraction; Hostage : The Christine Maresch Story; Hostage : The Story of Christine Maresch Frank Shields , John Lind , ( dir. Frank Shields ) Australia : Frontier Films , 1983 6060151 1983 single work film/TV crime thriller (taught in 2 units)

'Couched in terms more suited to a sensationalist TV movie, this Australian production unashamedly employs melodramatic symbolism to emphasise the unbelievable truth of its true-life subject. Director Frank Shields secures a full-throttle performance from Ralph Schicha, as the brutal husband who not only subjects wife Kerry Mack to endless domestic violence, but also forces her to participate in the bank raids that sustain his neo-Nazi activities. Although there are references to the Baader-Meinhof group, ultimately the film is clearly less interested in politics than in the tempestuous marriage.'

Source: Radio Times (http://www.radiotimes.com/film/kbbdx/URL). (Sighted: 17/6/2013)

Australian Screen Griffith University 2012 (Semester 2)
form y separately published work icon Hostage Savage Attraction; Hostage : The Christine Maresch Story; Hostage : The Story of Christine Maresch Frank Shields , John Lind , ( dir. Frank Shields ) Australia : Frontier Films , 1983 6060151 1983 single work film/TV crime thriller (taught in 2 units)

'Couched in terms more suited to a sensationalist TV movie, this Australian production unashamedly employs melodramatic symbolism to emphasise the unbelievable truth of its true-life subject. Director Frank Shields secures a full-throttle performance from Ralph Schicha, as the brutal husband who not only subjects wife Kerry Mack to endless domestic violence, but also forces her to participate in the bank raids that sustain his neo-Nazi activities. Although there are references to the Baader-Meinhof group, ultimately the film is clearly less interested in politics than in the tempestuous marriage.'

Source: Radio Times (http://www.radiotimes.com/film/kbbdx/URL). (Sighted: 17/6/2013)

Australian Screen Griffith University 2010 (Semester 2)
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