The Hostage

The Hostage

2010•45m•7.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(1)

The series revolves around a couple who live their lives happily with their young daughter, but that happiness did not last long, as it happens unless it was taken into account, as their lives are exposed to an incident in which the family entity is turned upside down, the story is inspired by Kuwait's kidnapping cases of children.

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Production

Kuwait TV

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

August 11, 2010

Last Aired

August 11, 2010

Created By

Ibrahim Al-Harbi

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

E1

pilot

Air date: 2010-08-11

The series revolves around a couple who live their lives happily with their young daughter, but that happiness did not last long, as it happens unless it was taken into account, as their lives are exposed to an incident in which the family entity is turned upside down, the story is inspired by Kuwait's kidnapping cases of children.

Cast

Ibrahim Al-Harbi

Ibrahim Al-Harbi

Meshari Al-Ballam

Meshari Al-Ballam

Shaima Ali

Shaima Ali

Ahmed Al-Aounan

Ahmed Al-Aounan

Amal Abbas

Amal Abbas

Mubarak Sultan

Mubarak Sultan

Mohammed Al-Alawi

Mohammed Al-Alawi

فاطمة سالم

Huda Hussain

Huda Hussain

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