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.
Directed by Francis Annan
based on novel or book
1970s
political activism
apartheid
anc (african national congress)
based on true story
racism
prison break
anti-racism
political persecution
pretoria, south africa
Rank
#119 in 2020·#5376 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.3 / 5
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Cast
Daniel Radcliffe
Tim Jenkin
Daniel Webber
Stephen Lee
Ian Hart
Denis Goldberg
Mark Leonard Winter
Leonard
Nathan Page
Mongo
Grant Piro
Schnepel
Adam Tuominen
Jeremy
Ratidzo Mambo
Daphne
Vuyo Loko
Potluck
Adam Ovadia
Van Wyk
Genevieve Mooy
Marcia
Jeanette Cronin
Mary
Crew
Francis Annan
Director
Francis Annan
Screenplay
David Hirschfelder
Original Music Composer
Nick Fenton
Editor
David Barron
Producer
Gary Hamilton
Producer
Ying Ye
Executive Producer
Todd Fellman
Executive Producer
Ann Fay
Casting Director
Matt Pearson
Producer's Assistant
Timothy Parsons
Stunt Double
Popular Reviews
233 reviews
Alex Hernández
7.0★ · 08/30/25
So incredibly tense
So incredibly tense
Matchett_sam
6.0★ · 06/24/25
Harry escapes azkaban
Harry escapes azkaban
caroline emery
6.0★ · 06/19/25
i was stressed out and kinda bored at the same time
i was stressed out and kinda bored at the same time
PJ Powers
6.0★ · 06/10/25
It’s good enough for a prison escape movie but it doesn’t go into why they are in prison as much as it could’ve considering it should be as much of their stories as the prison break is
It’s good enough for a prison escape movie but it doesn’t go into why they are in prison as much as it could’ve considering it should be as much of their stories as the prison break is
Max
7.0★ · 05/31/25
I thought this was gonna be Daniel Radcliffe escaping from Peter Griffin’s house
I thought this was gonna be Daniel Radcliffe escaping from Peter Griffin’s house
