Die Geiseln von Costa Rica

The German tourist Kiki and the Swiss tour guide Marlies are kidnapped by Contra rebels from Nicaragua while on vacation in Costa Rica. While Kiki's friend Markus fights for her release together with her mother, Kiki begins an affair with one of the kidnappers. When the two women were released after 72 days on payment of ransom, the police suspected that they had colluded with the kidnappers.

Nina Hoss

Kiki

Suzanne von Borsody

Marlies Suter

Marek Erhardt

Markus Fink

Ronald Nitschke

Raúl Méndez

Talamanca

Arturo Ríos

Guanacaste

Guillermo Ríos

Limon

Pedro Altamirano

Puntarenas

• Uwe JansonDirector
• Anne WildWriter
• Holm DresslerProducer
• Michael BütowExecutive Producer
• Philipp TimmeDirector of Photography
• Mercedes GironellaCasting

Release date

January 27, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Adventure, TV Movie