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 died of hypothermia in April 2023.[2]
Plot synopsis
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
- 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
- ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 24 October 2012
- ^ 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.
- ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p266
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