Hostage (also known as Savage Attraction) () is a 1983 Australian-West German crime film based on a true story. Christine Maresch reverted to her maiden name Christine O'Neill and died of hypothermia in April 2023.
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.David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p266
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
External links
Hostage at Oz Movies