Movie
Escape from Pretoria
Overview
South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.
Details
- Release date
- 2020-03-06
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- MEP Capital, Momentum Pictures, Hamilton Entertainment, South Australian Film Corporation, Arclight Films, Particular Crowd, Spier Films, Enriched Media Group, Premiere Picture, Footprint Films, Beagle Pug Films
- Country
- Australia, Canada, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Daniel Radcliffe as Tim Jenkin
- Daniel Webber as Stephen Lee
- Ian Hart as Denis Goldberg
- Mark Leonard Winter as Leonard
- Nathan Page as Mongo
- Grant Piro as Schnepel
- Len Firth as Vermeulen
- Lliam Amor as Kitson
- Adam Tuominen as Jeremy
- PJ Oaten as Rabkin
- Ratidzo Mambo as Daphne
- Vuyo Loko as Potluck
Crew
- Francis Annan - Director
- L. H. Adams - Screenplay
- Francis Annan - Screenplay
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