Hostage (1983 film)
# Hostage (1983 film)

Hostage (also known as Savage Attraction) is a 1983 Australian crime film based on a true story.

## 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.

## 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
