---
title: 'The Captive (2025)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alejandro Amenábar'
released: '2025-09-07'
runtime_minutes: 133
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-captive-2025'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31101921/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Captive (2025)

2025 · 133 min · History · Italy, Spain

Original title: El cautivo

## Synopsis

The Captive is a 2025 adventure drama film directed by Alejandro Amenábar. It stars Julio Peña as Miguel de Cervantes, and explores Cervantes' five-year spell in captivity in Algiers navigating a relationship with Hasán Bajá, played by Alessandro Borghi. It is a Spanish-Italian co-production.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alejandro Amenábar](https://cinepixo.com/people/alejandro-amenabar)
- **Screenplay:** [Alejandro Amenábar](https://cinepixo.com/people/alejandro-amenabar)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alejandro Amenábar](https://cinepixo.com/people/alejandro-amenabar)
- **Producer:** [Alejandro Amenábar](https://cinepixo.com/people/alejandro-amenabar), [Fernando Bovaira](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-bovaira)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alex Catalán](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-catalan)

## Cast

- [Julio Peña](https://cinepixo.com/people/julio-pena-2) as Miguel de Cervantes
- [Alessandro Borghi](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-borghi)
- [Miguel Rellán](https://cinepixo.com/people/miguel-rellan) as Antonio de Sosa
- [Fernando Tejero](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-tejero)
- [José Manuel Poga](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-manuel-poga)
- [Luis Callejo](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-callejo)
- [Roberto Alamo](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-alamo)

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