Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Film of Austrian girl's hostage ordeal premieres

Austrian Natascha Kampusch poses for photographers before the premiere of the film "3096 Days" in Vienna, Austria, Monday Feb. 25, 2013. The film tells the story of Kampusch who was abducted as a schoolgirl and held prisoner in a cellar for almost nine years. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Austrian Natascha Kampusch poses for photographers before the premiere of the film "3096 Days" in Vienna, Austria, Monday Feb. 25, 2013. The film tells the story of Kampusch who was abducted as a schoolgirl and held prisoner in a cellar for almost nine years. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Director Sherry Hormann poses for photographers before the premiere of the film "3096 Days" in Vienna, Austria, Monday Feb. 25, 2013. The film tells the story of Natascha Kampusch who was abducted as a schoolgirl and held prisoner in a cellar for almost nine years. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Director Sherry Hormann poses for photographers before the premiere of the film "3096 Days" in Vienna, Austria, Monday Feb. 25, 2013. The film tells the story of Natascha Kampusch who was abducted as a schoolgirl and held prisoner in a cellar for almost nine years. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

British actress Antonia Campbell-Hughes, and Danish actor Thure Lindhardt, right, pose for photographers before the premiere of the film "3096 Days" in Vienna, Austria, Monday Feb. 25, 2013. The film tells the story of Natascha Kampusch who was abducted as a schoolgirl and held prisoner in a cellar for almost nine years. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

British actress Antonia Campbell-Hughes, and Danish actor Thure Lindhardt, right, pose for photographers before the premiere of the film "3096 Days" in Vienna, Austria, Monday Feb. 25, 2013. The film tells the story of Natascha Kampusch who was abducted as a schoolgirl and held prisoner in a cellar for almost nine years. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

VIENNA (AP) ? The story of Natascha Kampusch, who grew from a 10-year old to a young woman as a captive of a sadistic abductor, is now a movie.

The film depicting her more than eight-year long ordeal premiered late Monday in Vienna. Titled "3096 Days," the English-language film is based on Kampusch's biography.

Thure Lindhardt, who played abductor Wolfgang Priklopil, says the role was "challenging," while Campbell-Hughes describes her portrayal of Kampusch as "a very great responsibility."

Prominent Austrians in the audience came away impressed. Former Interior Minister Karl Blecha said the film succeeded in depicting the horrors of Kampusch's torment.

Kampusch was snatched off a Vienna street when she was 10 and held prisoner until she fled in August 2006. Priklopil committed suicide within hours of her escape.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2013-02-26-EU-Austria-Hostage-Girl/id-cea4efa655034fb9930f50ebfdd02ae1

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