Escape from Pretoria
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. It is based on the 2003 book Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Prison by Tim Jenkin, one of the escapees.
Plot
In 1978, Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee; two white South Africans, are carrying out anti-apartheid missions in South Africa. They are arrested on the spot and prosecuted; Jenkin is sentenced to twelve years and Lee is sentenced to eight. At the courthouse Lee attempts to escape but to no avail. Transported to Pretoria Prison, they meet Denis Goldberg, an older political prisoner serving four life sentences for previous work against apartheid. He shows them the ropes but discourages them from trying to escape.
More details
author | Francis Annan L.H. Adams |
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contentLocation | South Africa |
director | Francis Annan |
editor | Nick Fenton |
genre | drama political thriller |
keywords | african national congress anti-apartheid arrest denis goldberg exoneration in the closet internal resistance to apartheid life sentence london mozambique night guard political prisoner pretoria prison south african stephen lee tanzania trying to escape white south africans |
musicBy | David Hirschfelder |
nomination | AACTA Award for Best Cinematography |
producer | David Barron Gary Hamilton Jackie Sheppard Mark Blaney Michelle Krumm |
publisher | Signature Entertainment |
theme | prison |