Escape from Pretoria
Directed by Francis Annan
Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart, Mark Leonard Winter, Nathan Page, Grant Piro, Len Firth, Lliam Amor, Adam Tuominen, PJ Oaten
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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.
- Original language
- English
- Screenplay
- L. H. Adams, Francis Annan, Tim Jenkin, Stephen Lee
- Music
- David Hirschfelder
- Cinematography
- Geoffrey Hall
- Cast
- Mark Leonard Winter, Nathan Page, Grant Piro, Len Firth, Lliam Amor, Adam Tuominen, PJ Oaten, Ratidzo Mambo, Vuyo Loko
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Updated July 22, 2026
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