Documentary series focusing primarily on Britain today.
Hostage. Liege, Belgium: one Saturday in September 1989, three men broke into the home of a bank manager, demanding that he open the bank vaults on Monday morning. Over the weekend the banker escaped, leaving his wife and two daughters hostage. This tense film, in French with English subtitles, follows the unfolding drama as the police surround the home and the gang leader makes his demands of the inspector in charge. Using their actual phone conversations and increasingly personal negotiations, it culminates in a brutal climax.
Director Andre Francois
Series editor Paul Watson