''The Hostage'' (, ) is a 2006 Latvian-Estonian comedy film directed by
Laila Pakalniņa
Laila Pakalniņa (born 4 June 1962) is a Latvian film director and screenwriter. She has directed more than 20 films since 1991. Her film ''The Shoe (film), Kurpe'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
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Cast
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Branko Završan as Hijacker
* Kristaps Mednis as Tom
* Ieva Puķe as Mother
* Pauls Butkevics as Antons
* Ivars Brakovskis as Visvaldis
* Valdis Liepiņš as Detective
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Kaljo Kiisk
Kaljo Kiisk (3 December 1925 – 20 September 2007) was a Soviet and Estonian actor, film director, screenwriter and politician. He was best known for his roles as from Spring (1969 film), ''Spring'' (), Summer (1976 film), ''Summer'' (''Suvi'' ...
as 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 ...
as 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 ...
as Self
* Maija Apine
* Rūdolfs Plēpis
* Imants Strads
Release
''The Hostage'' was screened at the 2006
Warsaw International Film Festival
Warsaw Film Festival (; WFF), also known as Warsaw International Film Festival, is an annual international film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland.
The 40th edition of the festival will take place from 11 to 20 October 2024.
Histor ...
in Poland.
Awards
The film received the following awards:
* 2007:
Kinoshock 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
''Lielais Kristaps'' is the highest award given 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, 1994 to 1995, 1997 and 1999 ...
(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
The Estonian Film Database (, abbreviated EFIS) is an electronic film database launched online in 2012.
Its purpose is to thoroughly describe Estonian film heritage, to collect film information about Estonian films, their producers, content, th ...
(EFIS)
2006 films
Estonian comedy films
Latvian comedy films
Films directed by Laila Pakalniņa
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