''The Hostage'' ( lv, Ķīlnieks, et, Koer, lennuk ja laulupidu) is a 2006 Latvian-Estonian comedy film directed by
Laila Pakalniņa.
Cast
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Branko Završan - Hijacker
* Kristaps Mednis - Tom
* Ieva Puķe - Mother
* Pauls Butkevics - Antons
* Ivars Brakovskis - Visvaldis
* Valdis Liepiņš - Detective
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Kaljo Kiisk - Old man
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Jaan Rekkor
Jaan Rekkor (born 3 April 1958) is an Estonian stage, film and television actor.
Early life and education
Jaan Rekkor was born in the small village of Hõreda in Rapla County. He attended schools in Märjamaa, graduating from the Ants Lauter M ...
- Coach
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Jēkabs Nākums
Jēkabs Nākums (born 4 February 1972) is a Latvian biathlete. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( ...
- Self
* Maija Apine
* Rūdolfs Plēpis
* Imants Strads
Release
''The Hostage'' was screened at the 2006
Warsaw International Film Festival in Poland.
Awards
The film received the following awards:
* 2007:
Kinoshock
"Kinoshock" Open Film Festival of CIS and Baltic countries, also spelt Kinoshok, is a film festival staged in the Black Sea resort of Anapa, Russia, each September. "CIS" refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States, comprising nine member s ...
- Open Film Festival for states of the CIS and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (Anapa, Russia), best operator work: Arko Okk
* 2007: The National Film Festival
Lielais Kristaps
The Big Christopher ( lv, Lielais Kristaps) is the highest award in Latvian cinema. Established in 1977, it is given out at the ''Latvian National Film Festival''.
Due to different reasons, the festival has not been held in 1992, from 1994 t ...
(Latvia), best artist's work: Jurģis Krāsons; several nominations in other categories
References
External links
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Koer, lennuk ja laulupidu entry in Estonian Film Database (EFIS)
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2006 films
Estonian comedy films
Latvian comedy films