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Escape from Pretoria

Movie
2020
1h 42m
PG-13
English
Drama, History, Thriller
User Score: 
7
Critic Score: 
65
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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.
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Escape from Pretoria

PG-13
Movie
2020
1h 42m
English
Drama, History, Thriller
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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.
Rating
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7
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Escape from Pretoria (2020) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
65

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Cast

Full Cast & Crew
Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Webber
Stephen Lee
Ian Hart
Denis Goldberg
Mark Leonard Winter
Nathan Page
Grant Piro
Schnepel
Len Firth
Vermeulen
Lliam Amor
Adam Tuominen
PJ Oaten
Rabkin
Ratidzo Mambo
Vuyo Loko
Potluck
Maris J Caune
Adam Ovadia
Rory Walker
Genevieve Mooy
Jeanette Cronin
Stephen Hunter
Terence Crawford
Michael Kumnick
Sacha Peltier
Nikki Fort
David Robson
Court Orderly
Paul Harvey
Detention Officer
Stephen Tongun
Taxi Driver
Directed By: Francis Annan
Written By: Francis Annan (Screenplay), L. H. Adams (Screenplay)

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babloo123 says...
5 years ago
Thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Don't think any of the scenes were over done. And there weren't any boring scenes either in the movie.
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mg_grey says...
5 years ago
it's kind of flat. the tension was there but it's not the kind that will keep you on the edge of your seat. I think what got me through the end of the movie is the story and the people, because you know you're rooting for them.
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cifose says...
5 years ago
an ok movie, awesome story on a least known side of anti apartheid struggle.
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abualhasan says...
5 years ago
It represents a True Story. It felt very Realistic Experience with Escaping the prison. Breathtaking!!
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Lainfan
7/10  5 years ago
Enjoyable movie that does not overstays it's welcome.

I recognized the story while watching (maybe I saw the National Geographic episode that was dedicated to this, or through some YouTube channel) and I felt like it was done well without getting too unfaithful to the original story (I have More
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KayP97
5/10  3 years ago
Political activists Tim Jenkin (Daniel Radcliffe) and Stephen Lee (Daniel Webber) from the African National Congress are imprisoned in Pretoria Prison and come up with a plan to escape.

I like prison films, especially prison escape films. I don't know how accurate the prison escape to the real st More
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