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Released
2019 · FILM

Stockholm

A veteran negotiator must defuse a high‑stakes 1970s bank heist as the hostages start bonding with their captors, turning a police showdown into a psychological battle for survival.

Based on an absurd but true story

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Runtime
92 min
BiographyComedyCrime

Synopsis

Based on the extraordinary true story of a 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in a European city, as documented in the 1974 *New Yorker* article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The incident captured global attention when the hostages formed bonds with their captors and resisted the authorities, leading to the emergence of the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”

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Principal cast & crew: 34

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Richard ComeauShot by Brendan SteacyScored by Steve LondonDesigned by Aidan Leroux

Also known as

  • Die Stockholm Story - Geliebte Geiselde
  • The Captoren
  • Estocolmoes
  • Rapina a Stoccolmait

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