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Escape from Pretoria is a 2020 Australian prison film co-written and directed by Francis Annan, based on the real-life prison escape by three political prisoners in South Africa in 1979, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Daniel Webber.
Mar 6, 2020 · Escape from Pretoria: Directed by Francis Annan. With Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart, Mark Leonard Winter. Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.
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- Biography, Crime, Mystery
- Francis Annan
- 2020-03-06
Jan 21, 2020 · Escape From Pretoria is the true story of Tim Jenkin (Daniel Radcliffe) and Stephen Lee (Daniel Webber), young, white South Africans branded “terrorists”, and...
- 3 min
- 858K
- Momentum Pictures
Daniel Radcliffe stars as a jailed anti-apartheid activist who plans a daring prison break in this true-life thriller. The film is stronger on genre mechanics than political nuance, and struggles to find its own voice amid the wealth of South African history.
Anti-apartheid activists Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee orchestrate a plan to escape prison during 1970s South Africa. Based on a true story. Watch trailers & learn more.
The actor plays Tim Jenkin, a real-life political prisoner during apartheid-era South Africa, who made a daring escape in 1979.