The Hostage
1984, Russian. Directed by Yunus Yusupov.
20-th years. In the mountainous regions of the Pamirs, a dangerous epidemic is rampant. There was sent a caravan with a vaccine, followed closely by the local bandits as the hostage in the caravan should be, as they learned, their leader. It is not known to them only one thing: the leader is a double ...
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 25 May 1984
- Original title
- Заложник
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Leonid Makhkamov, Valentin Maksimenkov
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The Hostage runs 77 minutes (1h 17m).
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The Hostage isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 May 1984. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Hostage?
The Hostage (1984) was directed by Yunus Yusupov and stars Bakhram Akramov, Konstantin Butaev, Ali Mukhammad.