Escape from Pretoria
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Synopsis
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) stars as Tim Jenkin, a real-life ANC activist who was branded a terrorist - and imprisoned - in Africa's maximum-security Pretoria prison in the late 1970's during Apartheid. Along with two fellow freedom fighters, played by Daniel Webber (The Punisher, The Dirt) and Mark Leonard Winter (The Dressmaker) Tim made a complex and daring escape 18 months into his incarceration using handcrafted wooden keys. The ingenious escape attempt happened 40 years ago on 11th December 1979.
Cast
- Daniel Radcliffe
- Ian Hart
- Daniel Webber
- Nathan Page
- Stephen Hunter
- Mark Leonard Winter
- Jeanette Cronin
- Paul Harvey
- Ratidzo Mambo
- Martin Ayles
Atom User Reviews
Metacritic
Mar 9, 2020
A pacy screenplay, co-written by director Francis Annan and adapted from a book by Jenkin, rarely flags, but it’s the nervy camera, hugging the characters at hip height, the better to scrutinise each locked barrier to freedom, that most successfully builds the tension.
Wendy Ide
The Observer (UK)
Mar 5, 2020
This procedural quality to Escape From Pretoria — combined with an accomplished cast that includes Ian Hart as the anti-apartheid prisoner most opposed to Jenkin’s plan — adds some oomph to a movie that features limited sets, a simple story and none of the Hollywood polish of The Shawshank Redemption.
Noel Murray
Los Angeles Times
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