The Captive(2025)

movie - first aired/released 2025-09-12 - 134 min - audience 6.6

Drama, History

Directed by Alejandro Amenábar

In 1575, the young soldier Miguel de Cervantes is captured on the high seas by Barbary pirates and taken to Algiers as a hostage. Aware that a cruel death awaits him if his family does not pay his ransom soon, he finds refuge in his passion for storytelling.