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Escape from Pretoria

Name: Escape from Pretoria
Director: Francis Annan
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Released: 2020-03-06
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart, Mark Leonard Winter, Nathan Page

DramaHistoryThriller

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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Cast

Daniel RadcliffeDaniel WebberIan HartMark Leonard WinterNathan PageGrant PiroLen FirthLliam AmorAdam TuominenPJ OatenRatidzo MamboVuyo Loko

Director

Francis Annan

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